79 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Thursday, the lowest tally since 50 cases were found on Christmas Day.

It’s the first time that the number of cases has dipped below 100 since 3 January.

No new deaths were registered during the last 24 hours either, authorities reported.

144 people have also recovered, meaning that the number of active cases has now decreased to 2,545.

2,944 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of swab tests up to 624,370 so far.

31,633 doses of the vaccine have now been administered, with 5,410 people having received both doses of the vaccine.

Malta has had 18,385 cases of the virus so far.  15,567 of those have recovered, while 273 have died.