Two Covid-19 patients have died while positive for the virus, while 408 new cases have been reported by health authorities on Monday.

702 people have recovered, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 8,683.

3,194 swab tests were administered in the past 24 hours, meaning that the positivity rate stands at 12.77%.

Details about the deaths or about the number of people receiving treatment in hospitals were not provided, and have not been provided since the Ministry for Health stopped issuing its daily bulletin on social media.

Malta has had 87,441 cases of the virus so far. 77,693 of those have recovered, while 669 of them have died.