Cyprus Health Ministry on Monday announced 586 new COVID cases and 116 hospitalisations. The total cases rose to 133,860 and the positivity rate now stands at 0.57% . According to the Ministry 46 patients are in serious condition and 71.8% of all patients are unvaccinated.
Moreover 3 post-COVID who are no longer infectious are in serious condition and intubated in an ICU.The new cases were detected from 102,692 tests (rapid and PCR).
No deaths were reported today and the total deaths remain at 594 of whom 381 are male (64%) and 213 female (36%) and the median age is 75.9 years. Of the 46 patients in serious condition , 18 are intubated, 3 are in an ICU and 25 in ACU.
From the 102,692 tests, 7,404 were PCR and 95,288 rapid and the new cases were detected as follows: 19 from 600 samples taken in the framework of contact tracing , 10 from 4,505 samples taken at airports, 57 from 1,712 tests done on private initiative, 4 from 373 tests done at microbiology labs of General Hospitals, 354 from 63,729 rapid tests done at private labs and pharmacies, 141 from 31,559 rapid tests done in the framework of health ministry testing, 1 from 213 tests done following GP referrals and testing at public clinics. No case was detected from testing done at closed structures.From the rapid tests done by the Ministry of Health 7 cases were detected at nursing homes, 14 in primary schools, 12 in high schools and 1 in special schools.
Source: Cyprus News Agency