The Ministry of Health announced that 382 new coronavirus cases have been diagnosed on Wednesday (positivity rate 0,99%), while 218 patients are receiving treatment in state hospitals.
No deaths due to COVID19 were reported, thus their number remains at 241, of them 160 men (66%), and 81 women (34%) with their median age being 79.
Out of the 218 patients, 44 are in a serious condition (15 of them are intubated). In the Famagusta General Hospital there are 66 people receiving treatment, 61 are in the Nicosia General Hospital, 64 in the Limassol General Hospital, 20 other patients are being treated in the Larnaka General Hospital and 7 are in the Makario Hospital in Nicosia.
The Ministry announced that 38,685 laboratory tests were carried out, 3,517 with the PCR method and 35,168 with the antigen rapid test method and 382 new cases were diagnosed, thus bringing the total number of cases since the outbreak of the pandemic to 40,726.
The new cases were found as follows: 103 cases from contact tracing of primary contacts, 2 cases at airports, 59 cases after tests done upon private initiative, 7 cases from samples taken at the Microbiology Laboratories of the General Hospitals, 8 cases after antigen rapid tests done in private laboratories and pharmacies and 203 cases from antigen rapid tests done through the Ministry of Health programme.
Meanwhile, no cases were detected after 73 samples taken on the 7th day of mandatory self-isolation in the Republic`s hotels of passengers arriving from the UK and 203 samples taken after GP referrals