Two more COVID19 deaths; 27 new cases

Two more people who were positive for COVID-19 have passed away, the health authorities said yesterday.

The first was a 91-year-old woman who died on Sunday. The government said the woman tested positive to COVID-19 on 10 September and was admitted to hospital on 22 September. She had other medical conditions.

Later in the day, the health ministry said an 82-year-old woman also died while being positive for the virus. The woman tested positive on 17 September and was being cared for at a home for the elderly, where she passed away yesterday. She also had other medical conditions.

The number of COVID-19 deaths has now risen to 33. It was the ninth day in a row in which Malta registered deaths related to COVID-19.

27 new cases of COVID-19 were found overnight as Malta’s total number of cases of COVID-19 exceeded 3,000.

41 new recoveries were also registered, meaning that the number of active cases is down to 575.

2,302 swab tests were done in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of swab tests up to 249,656.

Authorities said that yesterday’s cases are still being investigated, however gave details about the cases found on Sunday.

Out of the 21 cases found on Sunday, 4 were family members of previously known cases, 3 were from the St. Joseph Home, and another 2 were direct contacts of other positive cases.

Malta has now had a total of 3,006 cases of the virus. 2,302 of those have recovered.