59 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities as another patient passed away on Tuesday.
A 68-year-old woman passed away at Mater Dei Hospital in the last 24 hours while Covid-19 positive, taking Malta’s current death count up to 403.
50 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases stands at 561.
1,758 swab tests were administered in the past 24 hours, taking the number of tests up to 836,521 so far.
249,400 doses of the vaccine had been administered as of yesterday, with 74,053 people receiving both doses of the jab.
Malta has had 29,720 cases of the virus so far. 28,756 of those have recovered, while 403 have died.