One new COVID-19 case was announced by authorities on Monday, out of a total of 1,916 tests, bringing the total number of people infected with the disease to 1,488.
In a press release the Ministry of Health says that according to data the Epidemiological Monitoring Unit received from the laboratories which conduct the tests out of a 1,916 laboratory tests one person tested positive with COVID-19.
The person who tested positive is a tourist from Poland, who arrived in Pafos via Germany on August 30 and underwent testing as part of a random testing procedure on the passengers of his flight. The positive result was diagnosed out of 1,190 samples tested in the context of screening passengers arriving and people repatriating to Cyprus.
At the same time, no one tested positive out of 164 tests conducted in the context of referrals from GPs and the screening of special groups of people through the public health centres, out of 307 tests by private initiative, 112 tests from the Microbiology Labs of General Hospitals, 43 tests at the cross points between the government controlled areas of the Republic and the Turkish occupied areas, 1 test completed in the context of a programme testing university students, 11 tests on people who work at the Courts, and 88 tests in the context of the tracing of contacts of already confirmed cases.
“Therefore, on the basis of data so far the total number of cases has reached 1,488,” the press release reads.
Additionally, seven patients are being treated for COVID-19 at Famagusta General Hospital, the reference hospital for the disease. One of them is treated in the Increased Care Unit. One more patient remains intubated and is being treated at the Nicosia General Hospital ICU.