Cyprus announces one death from COVID and 1.935 new cases, 167 patients in hospitals

Cyprus Health Ministry on Thursday announced one death from COVID and 1,935 new cases. The Ministry said that 167 people are in hospitals and 59.29% of them are unvaccinated. Total deaths rose to 834 and of cases to 315,341. Positivity rate stands at 1.76%.

The deceased is a male 86 years old who passed away yesterday. Of the 167 people in hospitals, 37 are in serious condition, one is in an ICU breathing without a ventilator, 15 are intubate and 21 are in an ACU. Moreover 23 patients who are no longer infectious are still intubated in an ICU.

Today a total of 110.229 tests carried out, 7,085 were a PCR of which 289 positive cases were detected (positivity rate PR 4.08%).

A total of 103,144 rapid tests were conducted today and 1,646 cases were diagnosed (PR 1.6%).

In the framework of contact tracing 376 PCR tests were made and

Source: Cyprus News Agency