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

Surveillance Report as of 09/02/2021

Nicosia 12/02/2021

Data in brief

Laboratory-confirmed cases

Locally-acquired (%)Deaths (%)

Mortality due to COVID-19

31,704 30,484 (96.2%)217 (0.7%)

24.4/100,000

Hospital careCurrently

in Intensive Care Unit*

1,603 (5.1%) 23

*Date of discharge/transfer/death included

Laboratory-confirmed casesby date of sampling

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Data in brief (Last 14 days; 27 Jan - 09 Feb, 2021)

Laboratory-confirmed cases

Locally-acquired (%)

1,536 1,520 (99%)

Currently in Intensive Care Unit*

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Distribution of cases diagnosed in the last 14 days by sex and age group (n = 1.536)

Median age: 38 years (interquartile range: 25-54 years)

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Pafos

Pafos (n = 61) 7-day moving average

COVID-19 cases characteristics for the last 14 days

IQR: interquartile range

Total

(n = 1536)

Imported

(n = 16) Locally-acquired (n = 1520)

Characteristics N % N % N %

Sex

Male 762 49.6 8 50.0 754 49.6

Female 773 50.3 8 50.0 765 50.3

Unknown 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.1

Age groups (years)

0-9 111 7.2 1 6.3 110 7.2

10-19 142 9.2 2 12.5 140 9.2

20-29 258 16.8 3 18.8 255 16.8

30-39 295 19.2 5 31.3 290 16.8

40-49 251 16.3 1 6.3 250 19.1

50-59 214 13.9 4 25.0 210 16.4

60-69 154 10.0 0 0.0 154 13.8

70-79 81 5.3 0 0.0 81 10.1

80+ 30 2.0 0 0.0 30 5.3

Unknown 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 2.0

Median age in years (IQR) 38 (25-54) 32 (23-48) 38 (25-54)

District

Ammochostos 51 3.3 4 25.0 47 3.1

Larnaka 181 11.8 7 43.8 174 11.4

Limassol 835 54.4 3 18.8 832 54.7

Nicosia 370 24.1 2 12.5 368 24.2

Pafos 61 4.0 0 0.0 61 4.0

Other 38 2.5 0 0.0 38 2.5

Symptoms at diagnosis

Yes 992 64.6 8 50.0 984 64.7

No 544 35.4 8 50.0 536 35.3

Unknown 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

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

173.0 104.3 121.5 336.3 106.8 63.9

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Number of cases by date of hospital admission

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Cases in intensive care units (ICU)*

• Total: 166 (10,4% of all ever hospitalized patients) have ever beenadmitted to ICU – 23 currently in ICU (February 10th)

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Molecular tests(as announced by the Ministry of Health)

Antigen rapid tests(Ministry of Health)

Total overall 815,252 879,892

Tests/100.000 91,807.7 99,086.9

Total (Last 14 days) 25,665 362,452

Last 14 days/100.000 2,890.2 40,816.7

Molecular tests and antigen rapid tests

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

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

Rapid antigen tests (Ministry of Health) –percentage (weekly) with a positive result

(overall and by district)

Laboratory tests for SARS-CoV-2

• Epidemiological Surveillance Unit, Ministry of Health

• Contributors: Christiana Dimitriou, Maria Prokopiou, ChristosCharalambous, 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, Peter Karayiannis, George Petrikkos, PetrosAgathangelou, George Mixides