68 new cases of COVID-19 registered overnight

COVID-19 update for 7 October | 68 new cases, 53 recoveries • 536 active cases • Swab tests past 24 hours 2,497 • Cases still being investigated

7 October 2020, 12:39pm
by Laura Calleja

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Malta has registered 68 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, the Health Authorities have announced.

Information released by the Health Ministry on Facebook shows that there were 53 recoveries, bringing the total of active cases to 536.

Today’s cases are still being investigated but from the 47 cases discovered yesterday, 12 cases were family members of previously known cases. Eight were contacts of positive work colleagues, and 12 cases were from social gatherings with other positive cases.

No details on the other cases from yesterday were given.

OFFICIAL COVID-19 figures for 07•10•2020 Chris Fearne | MaltaGov | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Directorate
Posted by saħħa on Wednesday, October 7, 2020

On Wednesday morning a 96-year-old woman became the 41st victim of COVID-19.

2,497 swabs were conducted in the last 24 hours, with a grand total of 270,088 swabs having been conducted since the start of the pandemic.

Malta has registered 3,442 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic in March, including 41 deaths.

Laura Calleja is features editor at MaltaToday