Two COVID-19 patients died on Thursday, while 145 new coronavirus cases were traced, Cyprus Health Ministry announced. The positivity rate stands at 0.25%.
The total number of people who have died due to COVID-19 is now 550, while the confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic are 119.481.
Eighty COVID-19 patients are treated in hospital. The situation of 34 of them is critical, while 74.12% of those hospitalised have not been vaccinated.
Moreover 12 post-COVID patients who have ceased to be contagious continue to be treated in a critical condition due to COVID-19 at Intensive Treatment Units and are intubated.
A total of 57,324 tests were carried out on Thursday using the PCR method (5,561)and antigen rapid tests (51,763).
The COVID-19 patients who died on Thursday are a 82 year old man and a 75 year ol
Source: Cyprus News Agency