Eighty-four new COVID-19 cases were traced on Saturday, Cyprus Health Ministry announced, noting that the total number of confirmed cases is now 120,415. The positivity rate stands at 0.15%.
No deaths of COVID-19 patients were recorded and therefore the total number of people who passed away due to COVID-19 remains 554, of whom 351 are men (63%) and 203 are women (37%). Their median age is 76.4 years old.
Moreover, 73 COVID-19 patients are treated in hospital. The situation of 31 of them is critical, while 60.53% of those hospitalized have not been vaccinated.
Ten post-COVID patients who have ceased to be contagious continue to be treated in a critical condition, due to COVID-19, in Intensive Treatment Units and are intubated.
A total of 55,076 tests were carried out using the PCR method (4,529) and antigen rapid tests (50,547).
Source: Cyprus News Agency