The Well being Ministry introduced the dying of 1 individual attributable to COVID-19. This raises the dying toll from the virus in Cyprus to 617, 393 males and 224 girls with a mean age of 75.8. The Well being Ministry additionally introduced 695 new Coronavirus circumstances out of 82,410 PCR and speedy antigen assessments on Friday, 17 December, taking confirmed infections to 144,205.
The 695 circumstances by means of PCR and speedy assessments are as follows:
- 144 taken by means of the method of tracing of already confirmed circumstances (1,729 assessments immediately)
- 40 taken inside the framework of checking passengers at Larnaca and Paphos Airports (5,210 assessments immediately)
- 105 by means of non-public initiative (3,345 assessments immediately)
- Three inside the framework of public hospital labs (321 assessments immediately)
- 292 from antigen speedy assessments carried out privately (48,178 assessments immediately)
- 111 confirmed circumstances discovered by means of 23,523 antigen speedy assessments.
Moreover the next assessments have taken place with none confirmed circumstances discovered:
- 103 assessments taken inside the framework of the GP referral program
- One take a look at taken inside the framework of checking closed constructions
Analytically the 111 confirmed circumstances from the antigen speedy assessments:
| Confirmed Circumstances | |
| Larnaca | 8 |
| Limassol | 13 |
| Nicosia | 58 |
| Paphos | 15 |
| Famagusta | 4 |
| Outdated folks’s properties | 0 |
| Faculties | 13 |
| Nationwide Guard | 0 |
| Closed constructions | 0 |
| Sampling at airports | 0 |
In whole, 40 sufferers with SARS-CoV-2 are being handled on the Famagusta Basic Hospital together with 10 within the Elevated Care Unit. Furthermore, 17 sufferers are being handled on the COVID-19 unit of the Nicosia Basic Hospital and eight within the Elevated Care Unit.
Some 33 sufferers are being handled on the COVID-19 unit of the Limassol Basic Hospital and 13 within the Elevated Care Unit. Additionally 12 sufferers are being handled on the COVID-19 unit of the Paphos Basic Hospital and two within the Elevated Care Unit. Some 20 sufferers are being handled on the COVID-19 unit of the Larnaca Basic Hospital and three sufferers within the Elevated Care Unit. Two sufferers are being handled on the COVID-19 unit of the Makarion Hospital. Lastly, 21 sufferers are being handled within the ICUs together with one affected person who will not be intubated.