Three women aged, 75, 79, and 97, and three men aged 47, 75 and 79 have passed away in the last 24 hours while Covid-19 positive, authorities have said.

There were 286 new Covid-19 cases found overnight and 552 recoveries, which now takes the number of active cases in Malta and Gozo down to 8,698.

There are 94 patients requiring treatment in Mater Dei Hospital (which is the only hospital being reported) including 8 who are in ITU.

Authorities said there have been 520 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

The number of booster doses administered up until yesterday is 315,683.

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