Cyprus Health Ministry announced two deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number at 740. At the same time, 2,907 new COVID cases and 218 hospitalisations were reported. Total cases rose to 266,823. The Ministry said that 218 patients are in hospital and 61 are in serious condition. Figures show that 72.48% of patients are unvaccinated. The positivity rate stands at 2.48%.
The Ministry announced that 21 post-COVID patients who are no longer infectious, are intubated in serious condition in an ICU, while out of the 61 patients in serious condition 27 are intubated, 6 are in an ICU and 28 and in an ACU.
As regards total deaths 462 are male (62.4%), and 278 female (37.6%), with the median age being 76.2 years.
Out of 117,045 tests performed today, 6,015 were PCR tests and 111,030 were rapid tests, with the 2,907 new cases detected as
Source: Cyprus News Agency