16 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded on the Public Health Response Team official open source database in the last 24-hours.

There were no new deaths registered, with a total of 802 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Active cases in Malta and Gozo are now down below 100 to 98. This is the first time the figure has been below 100 since the 6th of July last year, when there were 90.

This brings the total number of cases in the Maltese Islands since the start of the pandemic to 114,151.

No information is available for the number of Covid positive patients in hospital.

There were 512 tests taken over the last 24 hours making a positivity rate of 3.13%.

The Health Department said that tests carried out at home are not included in the figures.

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