Two more elderly people have died overnight while being positive with Covid-19, the Health Ministry has said. They are the 63rd and 64th victims of the virus.

In a statement, the Ministry said that in the first case, a 91-year-old woman died late last night at Mater Dei Hospital. She was confirmed positive for Covid-19 on the 21st of October. She was admitted to Boffa Hospital on the 24th of October and transferred to Mater Dei Hospital on the 27th of October, she was suffering from “another chronic illness.”

In the second case, an 80-year-old man, who also died overnight, tested positive for Covid-19 on October the 15th and was admitted to St Thomas Hospital on October the 17th, and then transferred to Mater Dei Hospital on the 21st of October.

The Ministry of Health, said that while offering its condolences to the relatives of both families, it once again calls on the people to continue to follow the preventive measures so that “together we can make a difference against the progression of the Covid-19.”

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