The Ministry of Health announced on Easter Sunday the death of one more patient of COVID19, bringing the total number of deaths to 314 207 men (66%), and 107 women (34%). Their median age is 78.
Meanwhile, 292 people are receiving treatment in state hospitals, 72 of whom in a serious condition. The median age of those hospitalised is 58,6.
In addition, 58 new coronavirus cases were detected after 6,158 laboratory tests (positivity rate 0,94%).
Since over a year ago, when the pandemic started, 66,430 people were infected with the virus.
The deceased was a 56 year old man with no vaccination history. Out of the 72 patients who are in a critical condition 29 are intubated. In the Famagusta General Hospital there are 73 patients, in Nicosia GH 73, in the Limassol GH 73, 41 are in the Larnaka GH, 26 in the Pafos GH and 6 in the Makario Hospital in Nicosia.
Out of the 6,158 tests done today 6,112 were with the PCR method and 46 with the antigen rapid test method. The 58 new cases were found as follows: 4 from samples taken at airports, 39 from tests done after private initiative, 14 from tests done in the Microbiology Laboratories of the General Hospitals and 1 from samples taken with the antigen rapid test method in private laboratories and pharmacies.