42 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the past 24-hours, with 43 recoveries, health authorities advised that once again, today’s new cases are still being investigated.
There were 1,957 swab tests taken, with 209,142 having been taken since the start.
From yesterday’s 63 cases, authorities said that 18 cases were from a cluster in a construction company, 5 were family members of previously known cases, 3 were work colleagues of positive cases, 1 was a direct contact of a positive case, 2 cases were imported and 10 were from different homes for the elderly. Details were not given for the other outstanding 24 cases.
There are now 387 active cases, with 2,204 cases in total. 1,803 have recovered and there have been 14 deaths.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and [1] Control is showing up to 10am, but not including today’s figures, that for Malta the 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 is 74.6 with the number of cases as 2,099. Malta is now in sixth position in the EU/EEA and UK. Spain is at the top with 263.2, followed by France with 135.1, Croatia with 91.7 Romania with 85.8 and Czechia with 75.9.
Public Health Authorities said that anyone who needs to take a test should call 111 to set an appointment, even if they do not have any symptoms. It is to be noted that due to the large volume of calls, it can take some time to get through.
All swabbing centres are open every day, including the one in Gozo, however appointments must be made on the above number.