Coronavirus: Two deaths, 3,083 new infections (Updated)

The health ministry announced 3,083 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths on Wednesday.

The deaths were of two men, both aged 74, who died at Limassol and Nicosia hospitals.

This brings the total death toll to 736, of whom 460 were men and 276 women.

There are 235 people being treated for coronavirus in hospitals, 67 of whom are in serious condition. Of the 67 patients, 28 are intubated, six are in the ICU without a ventilator and 33 in a High Dependency Unit.

Of all virus patients, 74.9 per cent are not vaccinated against Covid.

Twenty post-Covid patients who are no longer infectious are still intubated in the ICU.

A total of 100,762 PCR and rapid antigen tests were carried out on Tuesday, giving a positivity rate of 3.06 per cent.

Of the 100,762 tests, 5,435 were PCR and 95,327 rapid tests.

The majority, 1,492 of the 3,083 cases, came from 49,569 rapid tests performed at private labs and pharmacies, with 1,076 more found out of 45,758 tests performed at health ministry testing sites.

A total of 327 cases came from 2,299 samples taken through private initiative, while 659 samples taken through contacts of already confirmed cases turned up 105 positives.

Thirty-nine cases were found among 307 samples processed by hospital labs while 188 samples taken through GP referrals yielded three positives.

In addition, 1,982 samples were taken at airports with 41 positives.

The total number of positives to date is 262,867.