There were only 12 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past 24-hours from 1,956 swab tests – making a 0.61% positivity rate. There were 19 recoveries and 1 new death registered.

During the last 24 hours a 95-year old woman passed away at Mater Dei Hospital while Covid-19 positive.

Superintendent of Public Health Prof Charmaine Gauci, in her weekly update, said that in Gozo there are currently 17 active cases, down from 21 last week, with 2 recovering in hospital, up 1 on last week.

There are currently 53 people in Hospital. In Mater Dei, there are 4 patients in ITU (down 4) 6 in IDU (same as last week) with a further 10 patients across other wards of the hospital (down 12). The remaining patients are in other hospitals across Malta.

Prof Gauci said the seven-day moving average of cases per day was now 20, down from 23 last week. The positivity rate is 1.1, down from 1.3 last week.

She advised that the average age of most new cases in the last week was 20-24. The average age is 37.7.

Households made up the largest number of cases over the last week, with 24 followed by imported with 20, social gatherings 14, educational 13, institutions 10 and workplaces – 4.

Prof Gauci explained that the majority are the UK variant. There are also 5 cases of the South African variant and 22 cases of the Brazilian. There are no cases of the Indian variant.

She said that most cases of the Brazilian variant are from the cluster of university students that had been living together in a complex.

Also with this variant there are also 2 other cases and 1 other person related to this cluster. However, Prof Gauci said that there were a number of sporadic cases not linked to travel.

Prof Gauci explained that by age groups: 60+ – 95% vaccinated and 50+ – 72% vaccinate and 40-49 are 59% vaccinated and 30-39 are 51% registered/vaccinated.

Health authorities said that active cases are now at 260 in Malta and Gozo.

The total number of cases are 30,432 and there have been 29,763 recoveries and 417 deaths.

879,977 swab tests have been taken since the start of the pandemic in Malta.

365,902 doses of the vaccine have been administered up until yesterday, of which 115,731 were second doses, while 135,236 are partly vaccinated.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has advised that it will be reporting figures on a weekly basis – every Thursday. As of the 6th of May, it shows that the number of cases recorded for Malta is at 30,354 and the number of deaths showing is 416. The 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 is now 63.74. Malta is currently in 27th position in the EU/EEA. Cyprus is at the top with 1145.38..

The ECDC said that the above data are collected between Monday and Wednesday for the proceeding week.

The Ministry of Health called on the public to continue to follow the preventive measures so that we can protect the most vulnerable in our society – This includes wearing of masks, social distancing and hand hygiene.

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