The Ministry of Health announces that today, February 10, 2021:
- Three people have died of COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 217.
- 95 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 36 are in serious condition.
- A total of 24,780 disease detection tests have been performed by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid detection method (antigen rapid test).
- 113 (positivity rate: 0.46%) new cases of COVID-19 disease were detected by molecular tests (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 32,072 .
The current results are detailed.
A. Deaths from COVID-19 disease:
The three people who died with the ultimate cause of death attributed to COVID-19 are:
- A 77-year-old man with underlying diseases, who ended up in the Intensive Care Unit of the Nicosia General Hospital.
- A 61-year-old man with underlying diseases, who ended up in the Intensive Care Unit of the Nicosia General Hospital.
- Man, 86 years old, with underlying disease, who ended up in the General Hospital of Nicosia.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 disease is 217, of which:
- 148 men (68%), and
- 69 women (32%).
The average age of those who die from the disease is 79 years.
B. Patients:
In total, 95 patients with COVID-19 are treated in OKYPY hospitals, of which 36 are in serious condition or in MAF conditions.
Of the 36 patients who are critical, 17 are intubated, four are admitted to an intravenous intensive care unit and 15 to an intensive care unit.
The situation in the hospitals is as follows:
| Hospital | Chamber | Number of Patients |
| Famagusta (20 patients) | Intensive Care Unit | 5 |
| COVID chamber | 15 | |
| Nicosia
(35 patients) |
Intensive Care Unit | 21 (4 except ventilator) |
| COVID chamber | 11 | |
| Intensive Care Unit | 3 | |
| Limassol
(37 patients) |
COVID chamber | 30 |
| Intensive Care Unit | 7 | |
| Blessed
(3 patients) |
COVID chamber | 3 |
C. Positive cases COVID -19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 24,780 laboratory diagnoses performed today, 1,865 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 22,915 by the antigen rapid test, 113 cases of COVID-19 were identified, which resulted as follows:
- 27 cases from 166 samples obtained through the process of tracking contacts of already confirmed cases.
- 1 case of 95 samples taken as part of a passenger check at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 8 cases from 927 samples taken through private initiative.
- 12 cases from 329 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
- 3 cases from 109 samples taken under the immigrant structures control program.
- 6 cases from 378 samples tested by the method of antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories.
- 56 cases from 22,537 samples that were examined with 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:
- 239 samples taken under the program of referrals by Personal Physicians and control of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
In detail, the rapid antigen test (rapid test) was performed today as follows:
| Province / Sector | Test number | Number of positives | Percentage of positivity | |
| Nicosia | 7,678 | 12 | 0.16% | |
| Limassol | 6,653 | 40 | 0.60% | |
| Larnaca | 3,035 | 1 | 0.03% | |
| Paphos | 1,765 | 1 | 0.07% | |
| Famagusta | 873 | 0 | % | |
| Retirement Homes | Nicosia | 308 | 0 | |
| Limassol | 392 | 1 | ||
| Larnaca | 108 | 0 | ||
| Paphos | 11 | 0 | ||
| Idali Industrial Area | 341 | 0 | ||
| National Guard | 1,373 | 1 | ||
