FIVE NEW CASES FOUND TODAY

Filenews 3 August 2020

With regard to new cases of COVID-19, according to data from the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health, a total of 2,581 laboratory diagnoses identified 5 cases of SARS-CoV-2.

In detail, virus-positive individuals emerged as follows:

• From 11 samples taken through the process of tracing contacts of already confirmed cases, 1 case occurred.
• Of 1,128 samples taken as part of a passenger and repatriated check, 2 cases were identified. One person was detected by the sampling on Class A and B passengers.
• Of 317 samples taken from Limassol Province as part of the random random sampling of 3,000 people, 1 case occurred.
• From 120 samples from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals, 1 case was detected.

In more detail these are the following:

• 1 case is from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
• 2 cases were detected by the random sampling programme in Limassol. One is contact (announced as a trace) of cases from the supermarket cluster in Limassol. The second person is random. They are both Cypriots in Limassol.
• Two cases are from flights. One is from London yesterday, 2/8, Cypriot who took the test at the airport. The 2nd is Cypriot who lives and works in South Africa and came yesterday via Paris and Athens. It was detected by random sampling of her flight from Athens.

In addition, the following laboratory diagnoses were carried out, without the detection of a case:

• From samples taken under the control programme of 10,000 workers re-activated during the second and third phase of the strategy for phasing out the restrictions, 6 laboratory tests were completed,
• From samples taken through a private initiative, 226 laboratory diagnoses were completed,
• From samples taken from the Province of Larnaca as part of the random random sampling of 3,000 people, 142 laboratory diagnoses were carried out,
• From samples taken from the Nicosia Province as part of the random random sampling of 3,000 people, 388 laboratory diagnoses were carried out,
• From samples taken from Famagusta Province as part of the random sampling of 3,000 people, 66 laboratory diagnoses were carried out, and
• From samples taken as part of the programme of referrals from Personal Physicians and control of special teams through the Public Health Clinics, 177 laboratory tests were completed.

On the basis of the data so far, the total number of positive cases amounts to 1,155.

In addition, four patients in good general condition are treated in a ward at Famagusta General Hospital.

Source: eyenews