Cyprus Health Ministry announced 3 deaths and 611 new COVID cases on Monday, bringing the total of deaths to 301 and the total cases to 62,960. The positivity rate stands at 1,21%. The Ministry announced that 300 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals, and 78 of them are in serious condition. The median age of patients is 58,6 years.
The 611 cases were detected from a total of 50,601 tests (PCR and rapid tests).
The deceased are a male 48 years old, with no vaccination history who passed away at the ICU of the Nicosia General Hospital, a female 89 years old, with no vaccination history who also died at the ICU of the Nicosia Hospital and a female 90 years old who was inoculated with the 1st dose and died at the ICU of the Larnaka General Hospital.
From the 301 deaths in Cyprus,198 are male (66%) and 103 female (34%) and median age 78 years.
From the 78 patients in serious condition, 36 are intubated, 3 in ICU and 39 in ACU.
The cases were detected as follows: 60 from 660 samples tested in the framework of contact tracing, 6 from 5,867 samples taken at airports, 91 from 1,850 tests done on private initiative, 19 from 357 samples taken at the Microbiological labs of General Hospitals across the island, 1 case from 95 tests done after GP referrals and testing at public clinics, 22 cases from 549 rapid tests done in private labs and pharmacies and 412 cases from 41,223 rapid tests.
The positivity rate from rapid tests in Nicosia is 0,96% from 15,700 tests, in Limassol 0,97% from 10,274 tests, in Larnaka 1,31% from 6,266 tests, in Paphos 1,11% from 3,418 tests and in Famagusta 0,93% from 2,805 tests.
Ten cases were detected in nursing homes in Nicosia, Famagusta and Paphos.
