193 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Wednesday, while three more patients have died while positive for the virus.

During the last 24 hours, an 83-year-old man and a 68-year-old man passed away at Mater Dei Hospital while a 86-year-old woman passed away at the Good Samaritan Long Term Care Facility.

It means that Malta has now had 258 deaths related to the virus.

148 people meanwhile have recovered, meaning that there are currently 2,682 active cases.

The announcement comes as the government announces new restrictive measures for the month of February.

3,323 swab tests were carried out yesterday, taking the number of swab tests up to 599,461 so far.

Up until yesterday, 22,371 doses of the vaccine had been administered.  1,694 people have received their second dose of the vaccine as well, including the President of Malta, who tweeted as such last night.

Malta has had 17,192 cases of Covid-19. 14,252 of those have recovered, while 258 have died.