An 86-year old woman has passed away in the last 24 hours while Covid-19 positive, authorities have said.

There were 117 new Covid-19 cases found overnight and 301 recoveries, which now takes the number of active cases in Malta and Gozo down to 1,380.

There are 41 patients requiring treatment in Mater Dei Hospital including 3 who are in ITU(figures for Gozo General Hospital have not been updated).

There have been 594 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

The number of booster doses administered up until yesterday is 338,990.

File photo by Alain Salvary

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