The health ministry announced that one person had died of Covid-19 and that 136 more had tested positive from 70,628 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.19 per cent.
The death concerned a woman aged 64 who died on Friday at the Nicosia general hospital. This brings total deaths to 528 with an average age of 76.4.
There are 106 people in hospitals of whom 43 are in serious condition. Of these, 16 are intubated.
The ministry said that the percentage of unvaccinated patients was 83.9 per cent.
Of the 70,628 tests carried out on Saturday, 4,584 were PCR and 66,044 rapid tests, yielding 136 positives as follows:
The free testing by district were as follows:
District |
Test numbers |
Number of positives |
|
Nicosia |
6,508 |
10 |
|
Limassol |
2,626 |
6 |
|
Larnaca |
2,345 |
3 |
|
Paphos |
1,097 |
1 |
|
Famagusta |
1,272 |
5 |