111 NEW CASES MONDAY - 85 PEOPLE NOW IN HOSPITAL

 Filenews 10 November 2020

The Ministry of Health informs that out of a total of 2,111 laboratory diagnoses, 111 new cases of COVID-19 disease have been identified.

In detail, today's cases emerged as follows:

• Of 336 samples taken through the process of tracing contacts of already confirmed cases, 42 cases were identified.
• Of 354 samples taken through a private initiative, 39 cases were identified.
• Of 243 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals, 15 cases were detected.
• Of 968 samples taken as part of a passenger and repatriated check, 9 cases were identified.
• Of 210 samples taken under the referral programme by Personal Physicians and special teams control through the Public Health Clinics, 6 cases were identified.

Therefore, and on the basis of the data so far, the total number of cases is 6,098.

It is noted that due to the previous weekend, the number of laboratory tests is clearly reduced. Of the total examinations, 968 concerned the airport inspection programme from which 9 cases have now occurred. This means that the remaining 102 cases were detected from just 1143 samples, i.e. the proportion is one in 11 positive and these are purely domestic infections. The ratio between cases and examinations through the tracing process (one in 8) has been stable in recent days.

In terms of the number of people hospitalized, we have a new record after they reached 85. At Famagusta General Hospital, 68 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including five in the Increased Care Unit. In addition, a total of seven patients are hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of the Nicosia General Hospital, one of whom is off the ventilator. Another ten people are being treated in a COVID-19 ward at nicosia General Hospital.

Source: eyenews