In Wednesday’s daily briefing on the Covid-19 situation, Supt of Public Health Prof Charmaine Gauci advised that 1 new case had been reported in the past 24-hours, and 15 more have recovered.

The new case is an 18-year old Maltese female, who developed symptoms on the 18th of April, and had only been in contact with family members. They are all in quarantine.

Prof Gauci said that there are 444 cases, 276 are currently active, with 165 patients recovered in total. There have been 3 deaths. The recovered cases will remain under quarantine for the next 7 days.

Prof Gauci said that 808 swab tests had been carried out on Tuesday, with 26,123 swabs carried out so far.

According to Prof Gauci, of the 444 people who tested positive for the virus, 44 of them were from the health service and care community, employed both by the Government and privately.

She also explained that directives cannot by relaxed until authorities have enough evidence to prove that Malta and Gozo is free of the virus, and urged everyone to heed the directives by staying indoors whenever possible, even during the warmer weather.

 

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