572 cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities as a woman became the 475th victim of the pandemic.
A 69-year-old woman passed away between Saturday and Sunday while positive for Covid-19, meaning that 475 people have now died in Malta while positive for the virus.
94 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases has continued to shoot upwards, now standing at 5,766 cases.
The daily number of cases found is still higher than the single-day count for any other spike other than this past week, but it is significantly lower than the 955 and 917 cases reported in the last two days respectively.
However, Malta’s seven-day moving average has now risen to 628 – the highest it has ever been.
80 patients are currently being treated at Mater Dei Hospital – up by 12 since Saturday, while five of those are in intensive care, an increase by one since Saturday as well.
Meanwhile, 1,031,293 doses of the vaccine had been administered up until Saturday, with 188,041 of those being booster shots.
Malta has had 46,158 cases of Covid-19 so far. 39,598 of those have recovered, while 475 have died.
