Cyprus reports seven deaths from COVID-19 and 2,885 new cases on Tuesday

Cyprus` Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that seven more COVID-19 patients have died, while 2,885 new cases have been traced. The positivity rate stands at 2.58%.

The total number of people who have died of COVID-19 is now 756 and the total number of confirmed cases 277,864.

Two hundred and six COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospital, 48 of them in a critical condition (3 in an ICU, 19 are intubated and 26 in an Acute Care Unit). A percentage of 69.91% of those hospitalised has no vaccination record.

All COVID-19 patients who have died are men: a 93 year old and a 71 year old who passed away on February 7 and an 82 year old, a 77 year old, a 76 year old, a 63 year old and a 58 year old who passed away on February 8.

According to the Health Ministry 26 post-COVID patients who have ceased to be contagious continue to b

Source: Cyprus News Agency