COVID-19: One death and 56 new cases

COVID-19 update for 5 April | 1 death • 56 new cases • 73 recoveries • 531 active cases • 1,946 Swab tests past 24 hours • Vaccine doses administered till Sunday 215,700

5 April 2021, 12:32pm
by Laura Calleja

56 new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Monday

56 new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Monday, the health ministry has said.

215,700 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered until Sunday. Of which, 59,032 were second doses.

Total recoveries stand at 28,349, while total cases registered stand at 29,279.

There are 531 active COVID-19 cases.

One person died in the last 24-hours. A 55-year-old man, at Mater Dei Hospital.

The total number of deaths is 399.

1,946 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of swabs to 819,860.

Laura Calleja is features editor at MaltaToday