Number of Covid-19 victims reaches 400

Malta’s Covid-19 death count hit the 400 mark on Wednesday as 65 new cases of the virus were reported.

A 78-year-old woman became the country’s 400th victim after passing away at Mater Dei Hospital in the last 24 hours.

47 people meanwhile have recovered, meaning that the number of active cases has increased to 545.

2,210 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, taking the number of swab tests done so far up to 824,234.

223,020 doses of the vaccine have been administered thus far. 61,111 people have received both doses of the vaccine.

Malta has had 29,408 cases of the virus. 28,463 of those have recovered, and 400 have died.

Second shortest period: 100 deaths in the last 47 days

The last 100 Covid-19 deaths arrived in just 47 days, almost an average of two deaths per day.

The 400th victim of the disease was reported today by the health authorities.

Malta had reached the 300th figure on 17 February, and it took just another 47 days for another 100 people to die.

It is the second shortest period of time for 100 people to die of Covid in Malta.

The first 100 deaths were registered between 8 April and 16 November, a total of 222 days.

The second 100 deaths were recorded in just 36 days, between 16 November and 22 December.

The third 100 deaths were registered between 22 December and 17 February, a total of 57 days.

The fourth 100 deaths were recorded in 47 days, between 17 February and 6 April.