80 new cases of Covid-19 were found overnight, health authorities announced in their daily health update on Monday.

It is the first time in some 12 days that the number of cases found in a single-day is below the triple-digit mark.

63 new recoveries were also found, meaning that the number of active cases now stands at 1,895.

2,811 swab tests were carried out in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of swabs up to 320,715.

Authorities said that today’s cases are still being investigated, but gave details of the cases reported on Sunday. 

Out of the 125 reported on Sunday: 31 were family members of previously known cases, 8 were contacts of positive work colleagues, 8 were direct contacts with other positive cases, 3 were from social gatherings, 2 were imported, and 1 was from Paceville.

The total number of cases now stands at 5,578.  3,630 of those have recovered, while 53 have died – with the most recent death being reported on Monday morning.