A record 78 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the past 24-hours, with 22 recoveries, health authorities advised that from today’s new cases 24 are residents and staff from St Joseph Home, Fgura, the remaining 54 cases are still being investigated.

This is the highest number of new cases recorded in 24-hours since the 15th of August when 72 were reported

From yesterday’s 27 cases, authorities said that 5 were family members of previously known cases, 2 were work colleagues of positive cases, 1 was a direct contact of a positive case, 1 case was from a social gathering with other positive cases and 8 were from St Joseph Homes. Details were not given for the other outstanding 10 cases.

There were 2,407 swab tests taken, with 215,290 having been taken since the start.

There are now 465 active cases, with 2,352 cases in total. 1,872 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 78.8 with the number of cases as 2,247. Malta is in seventh position in the EU/EEA and UK. Spain is at the top with 270.7, followed by France with 151.3, Czechia with 106.2, Luxembourg 94.3, Croatia with 86.0, Romania with 85.3.

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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