A huge surge in new Covid-19 cases with 582 having been found overnight, the highest number since the pandemic started in Malta, 386 were reported yesterday.

There has also been 2 deaths, the authorities said that during the last 24 hours 2 men, aged 52 and 53 have died while Covid-19 positive.

The number of Covid patients requiring treatment in hospital has also increased to 47 including 4 in ITU.

Authorities said that there were 94 new recoveries recorded in the past 24 hours, this now takes the number of active cases in Malta and Gozo up to 2,991.

There have been 473 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Health Authorities said that the number of booster doses administered up until yesterday is 177,989.

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