Filenews 10 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 2,619 laboratory diagnoses identified 10 cases of SARS-CoV-2.
In detail, virus-positive individuals emerged as follows:
- Of 61 samples taken through the process of tracing contacts of already confirmed cases, 1 case occurred.
- Of 324 samples taken through a private initiative, 2 cases were identified. Of these, 1 has a recent travel history.
- Of 84 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals, 1 case was identified.
- Of 1,655 samples taken as part of a passenger and repatriated check, 6 cases were identified.
In addition, the following laboratory diagnoses were carried out, without the detection of a case:
- From samples taken as part of the referral program by Personal Physicians and special teams control through the Public Health Clinics, we resulted from 134 laboratory diagnoses, and
- Of the random sampling programme of 10,000 people, 361 laboratory diagnoses were carried out.
On the basis of the data so far, the total number of positive cases amounts to 1,252.
In addition, five patients are being treated in a ward at Famagusta General Hospital.
Source: eyenews