There have been 27 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past 24-hours, and 41 recoveries. Health authorities advised that today’s cases “are still being investigated.”
There are now 575 active cases, making it over 3,006 cases in total, there have been 2,399 recoveries and 32 deaths, the Ministry said.
From yesterday’s 21 cases, authorities said that 4 were family members of previously known cases, 2 cases were direct contacts of previously known cases and 3 were from the St Joseph Home cluster. Details were not given for the other outstanding 12 cases.
There were 2,302 swab tests taken, with 249,656 having been taken since the start.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and [1] Control – is showing for Malta that the 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000, not including today’s figures is 116.7 with the number of cases still showing at 2,929 and 29 deaths. Malta is in tenth position in the EU/EEA and UK. Spain is at the top with 319.9.
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.