There were 5 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past 24-hours from 2,170 swab tests – making a 0.23% positivity rate. There were 17 recoveries and no new deaths registered.

Health authorities said that active cases are now down to 192 in Malta and Gozo.

The total number of cases are 30,469 and there have been 29,860 recoveries and 417 deaths.

889,079 swab tests have been taken since the start of the pandemic in Malta.

392,929 doses of the vaccine have been administered up until yesterday. 127,255 are now fully vaccinated, while 138,419 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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