27 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the past 24-hours, with 17 recoveries, health authorities advised that once again, today’s new cases are still being investigated.

From yesterday’s 43 cases, authorities said that 6 were family members of previously known cases, 3 were work colleagues of positive cases, 1 was a direct contact of a positive case, 1 case was from Paceville and 13 were from different homes for the elderly. Details were not given for the other outstanding 19 cases.

There were 1,647 swab tests taken, with 212,883 having been taken since the start.

There are now 409 active cases, with 2,274 cases in total. 1,850 have recovered and there have been 15 deaths.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has so far not updated today’s figures, and is still showing for Malta the 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 is 65.8 with the number of cases as 2,162. Malta is now in seventh position in the EU/EEA and UK. Spain is at the top with 270.7, followed by France with 143.7, Czechia with 94.7, Luxembourg 94.3, Croatia with 87.3, Romania with 85.5.

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.

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