Cyprus Health Ministry announced on Thursday one death from COVID-19 and 124 new cases. The number of patients in hospitals for the first time in quite some time dropped below a three digit as 97 people are receiving treatment of whom 41 are in a serious condition. The positivity rate stands at 0.24%.
The number of deaths rose to 545 and of cases to 118,570.
The Ministry announced that 75% of the patients are not vaccinated. Moreover it said that 11 post-COVID who are no longer infectious, are intubated in a serious condition in ICUs.
The new cases were detected from a total of 51,255 tests (rapid and PCR).
The deceased is a female 92 years old who passed away at the Reference Hospital in Famagusta.
Of the 545 deaths, 348 are male (64%), and 197 are female (36%) and the median age is 76.3.
Source: Cyprus News Agency