53 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the past 24-hours, with 18 recoveries. Health authorities advised that today’s cases are still being investigated.

From yesterday’s 78 cases, authorities said that 16 were family members of previously known cases, 2 were work colleagues of positive cases, 2 were direct contacts of other positive cases, 2 cases were imported, 2 cases were from the body building competition cluster, and as reported yesterday, 24 were from St Joseph Homes. Details were not given for the other outstanding 30 cases.

There were 1,736 swab tests taken, with 217,026 having been taken since the start.

There are now 499 active cases, with 2,405 cases in total. 1,890 have recovered and there have been 16 deaths.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is showing for Malta the 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 as 94.6 with the number of cases as 2,352. Malta has risen to fourth position in the EU/EEA and UK. Spain is at the top with 270.7, followed by France with 153.9, Czechia with 111.0, Luxembourg 92.7, Romania with 86.1 and Croatia with 83.7.

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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