Twenty-two new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Malta as two elderly patients died, health authorities said.

The latest two victims are a woman aged 90 and a man aged 99. This takes the total number of deaths to 455.

The authorities said that 22 patients are in hospital, three of whom in intensive care.

The total number of Covid cases is now 36,994, with 35,567 patients who recovered.

There are now 574 active cases.

Till yesterday, 811,753 vaccination doses had been administered.