Cyprus on Thursday announced 385 new COVID-19 cases from a total of 45,598 tests (rapid and PCR) bringing total on the island to 41,111. The number of deaths is 241.
The positivity rate stands at 0.84% and the number of patients being treated in state hospitals is 212 of whom 43 are in serious condition. Of those 43, 16 are intubated, 7 are in an ICU and 20 in an ACU.
Today`s cases were detected as follows:
134 cases from 856 samples taken in the framework of contact tracing, 3 from 532 tests done at airports, 61 from 1,484 tests done on private initiative, 8 from sampling at the Microbiological Labs of General Hospitals island wide, 13 from 571 rapid tests done privately at Labs or Pharmacies, 166 from 41,784 rapid tests done in the framework of mass testing by the Health Ministry.
No cases were reported from 83 referrals from GPs or testing at public clinics.
The positivity rate in Nicosia stands at 0.37%, in Limassol at 0.94%, in Larnaka at 0.27%, in Paphos at 0.35% and in Famagusta at
0.32%. No case was detected in tests done at care homes. Two cases were diagnosed in testing done at the Army and 9 in schools.
