There has been 1 new Covid-19 case recorded in the past 24-hours, from 1,658 swab tests, making a positivity rate of 0.06. There were 2 recoveries and no new deaths registered.
Active cases are now at 69 in Malta and Gozo. The total number of cases since the start of the pandemic in Malta is 30,573 and there have been 30,086 recoveries and 419 deaths.
945,642 swab tests have been taken since the start of the pandemic in Malta.
564,718 doses of the vaccine have been administered up until yesterday. 243,252 are now fully vaccinated, while 78,214 are partly vaccinated.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control [1] has advised that it will be reporting figures on a weekly basis – every Thursday. As of the 3rd of June, it shows that the number of cases recorded for Malta is at 30,535 and the number of deaths showing is 419. The 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 is now 9.91, the lowest in the EU.
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 – This includes wearing of masks, social distancing and hand hygiene.