Announcement of the Ministry of Health regarding new cases of COVID-19 disease
The Ministry of Health announces that today, March 14, 2021:
– Two people have died of COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 240.
– 205 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 37 are in serious condition.
– A total of 41,269 disease detection tests have been performed with the molecular method (PCR) and the method of antigen rapid detection (antigen rapid test).
– 374 (positivity rate: 0.91%) new cases of COVID-19 disease were detected by molecular tests (PCR) and antigen rapid test (antigen rapid test), bringing the total number of cases to 39,651 .
The current results are detailed.
A. Deaths from COVID-19 disease:
The two people who died with the ultimate cause of death attributed to COVID-19 are:
– A 49-year-old man with an underlying disease, who ended up today at the Limassol General Hospital.
– A woman, 88 years old, without reporting underlying diseases in the Medical Certificate of Causes of Death, which ended today at Larnaca General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 is 240, of which:
159 men (66%), and
– 81 women (34%).
The average age of those who die from the disease is 79 years.
B. Patients:
In total, 205 patients with COVID-19 are treated in OKYPY hospitals, of which 37 are in serious condition or in MAF conditions.
Of the 37 patients who are critical, 19 are intubated, five are admitted to an intravenous intensive care unit and 13 to an intensive care unit.
C. Positive cases COVID -19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 41,269 laboratory diagnoses performed today, 2,327 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 38,942 by the antigen rapid test method, 374 cases of COVID-19 were identified, which resulted as follows:
- 105 cases from 747 samples taken through the process of tracking close contact (primary contacts) cases.
- 3 cases of 3 samples taken as part of a passenger check at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 43 cases from 1,155 samples taken through private initiative.
- 3 cases from 214 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
- 6 cases from 175 samples tested by the method of antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories.
- 214 cases from 38,767 samples that were examined by the method of antigen rapid test through the program of the Ministry of Health.
In addition, the following laboratory tests were performed without detecting a case:
- 208 samples taken under the program of referrals by Personal Physicians and control of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
