The Ministry of Health announced on Friday 364 new coronavirus cases (positivity rate 0.63%) while 204 patients are in hospitals, 45 of whom in a serious conditon.
No deaths were reported, thus their number remains 241, 160 men (66%), and 81 women (34%). Their median age is 79.
The number of people infected since the outbreak of the pandemic reaches 41,475.
Out of the 45 patients who are in a critical condition 15 are intubated. In the Famagusta General Hospital there are 71 patients, 55 are in the Nicosia General Hospital, 59 receive treatment in the Limassol General Hospital, 16 in the Larnaka General Hospital and 3 in the Makario Hospital in Nicosia.
On Friday 57,791 laboratory tests were carried out, 3,002 with the PCR method and 54,789 with the antigen rapid test method and the 364 new cases were found as follows: 93 from contact tracing of primary contacts, 1 from samples taken at airports, 44 from tests done upon private initiative, 15 from samples taken at the Microbiology Laboratories of the General Hospitals, 12 from antigen rapid tests done in private laboratories and pharmacies and 199 from antigen rapid tests done through the Ministry of Health`s programme.
No cases were found from 79 samples done after GP referrals.
