Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Republic of Cyprus

Surveillance Report as of 24/09/2021

Nicosia 01/10/2021

Data in brief

Laboratory-confirmed cases

Deaths (%) Mortality due to COVID-19

119,072552 (0.5%)

62.2/100,000

Hospital care

5,578 (4.7%)

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Data in brief (Last 14 days; 11 – 24 September 2021)

Laboratory-confirmed cases

Locally-acquired (%)

1,606 1,414 (89.8%)+

Currently in Intensive Care Unit*

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+Information was available for 1,575 cases

Distribution of cases diagnosed in the last 14 days by sex and age group (information on gender available for n = 1,603 of 1,606 diagnoses)

Median age: 34 years (interquartile range: 18-48 years)

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COVID-19 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate per 100,000 population, overall and by district for the last 14 days

180.9 402.9 214.1 212.6 93.2 197.1

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Total (n = 1606) Ammochostos (n = 197) Larnaka (n = 319) Limassol (n = 528) Nicosia (n = 323) Pafos (n = 188)

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Cases in intensive care units (ICU)*

• Total: 591 (10,6% of all ever hospitalized patients) have ever beenadmitted to ICU – 15 (diagnosis till September 24th - currently in ICU asof September 26th)

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Molecular tests(as announced by the Ministry of Health)

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Total overall 2,166,041 11,044,561

Tests/100.000 243,923.5 1,243,756.9

Total (Last 14 days) 76,191 677,041

Last 14 days/100.000 8,580.1 76,243.4

Molecular tests and antigen rapid tests

Percentage of laboratory tests (molecular) with a positive result (all labs), per week

Percentage of laboratory tests (molecular) with a positive result (private sector), per week

Laboratory tests for SARS-CoV-2

• Epidemiological Surveillance Unit, Ministry of Health

• Contributors: Christiana Dimitriou, Anna Demetriou, Maria Prokopiou,Christos Charalambous, Eleni Anastasiou, Carolina Stylianou, OuraniaKolokotroni, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Ioanna Gregoriou, Olga Kalakouta,Georgios Nikolopoulos

Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health, Republic of Cyprus

• Contributors: Annalisa Quattrocchi, Ioannis Mamais, Valentinos Silvestros,Anna Demetriou (Health Monitoring Unit), Maria Athanasiadou (HealthMonitoring Unit), Theopisti Kyprianou (Health Monitoring Unit), AndroullaStylianou, Sotiroula Sotiriou, Fani Theofhanous, Christos Charalambous,Ioanna Gregoriou, Maria Koliou, Olga Kalakouta, Georgios Nikolopoulos

• Scientific Committee: Constantinos Constantinou, Niki Paphitou, GeorgiosNikolopoulos, Maria Koliou, George Panos, Eirini Christaki, Zoi - DorotheaPana, Constantinos Tsioutis, Christos Petrou, Peter Karayiannis, GeorgePetrikkos, Petros Agathangelou, Constantinos Phellas, George Mixides