No new Covid-19 cases were reported by health authorities on Tuesday, as the number of vaccine doses administered approaches 600,000.

It’s the third day in just over a week that no new cases of the virus were reported by health authorities.

Three people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases has decreased to 51.

1,526 swab tests were administered on Monday, taking the total number of swab tests up to 955,643 so far.

In the vaccination drive, 596,074 doses of the jab have been administered. 

341,941 of those were first doses, while 265,090 people are now fully vaccinated.

Malta has had 30,582 cases of the virus so far. 30,112 of those have recovered, while 419 have died.