125 new cases of Covid-19 were announced by the health authorities on Sunday, while 89 patients recovered.

This brings the total number of active Covid-19 cases up to 1,880. In total, there have been 51 deaths and 3,567 people have recovered. The total number of cases since the pandemic reached Malta last March now stands at 5,498.

The authorities said that between Saturday and Sunday 3,285 swab tests were carried out, bringing the total number of tests conducted since the beginning of the pandemic up to 317,904.

The cases announced on Sunday are still being investigated, however the authorities gave an overview of the cases that were announced on Saturday.

From Saturday's cases, 46 were family members of previous cases, six were contacts of positive work colleagues, two had direct contact with other positive cases, one was from Paceville and one was imported.