COVID: 184 new cases, 82 recoveries and one death registered on Sunday

COVID-19 update for 10 January | one death • 184 new cases, 82 recoveries • 2,322 active cases • Swab tests past 24 hours 3,298 

184 new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Sunday, the health ministry has announced. 

Active cases now stand a 2,322, after one death was recorded. The death was of a 91-year-old who tested positive on 28 December, and died on Saturday evening. 

The total number of deaths stands at 233. 

82 new recoveries were registered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 11,841. 

Total cases stand at 14,396. 

3,298 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of swabs since the pandemic began to 543,558 

Today’s cases are still being investigated, but from yesterday’s cases, 49 were family members of previously known cases, 20 were contacts of positive work colleagues, 18 were direct contacts with other positive cases, and 15 were from social gatherings. 

OFFICIAL COVID-19 figures for 10•01•2021 Chris Fearne | MaltaGov | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Directorate

Posted by saħħa on Sunday, January 10, 2021