COVID-19: One death and 55 new cases

COVID-19 update for 8 April | 55 new cases • 45 recoveries • 554 active cases • 2,227 Swab tests past 24 hours • Vaccine doses administered until Wednesday 227,606

8 April 2021, 12:33pm
by Laura Calleja

55 new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Thursday

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

227,606 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered until Wednesday. Of which, 63,114 were second doses.

Total recoveries stand at 28,508, while total cases registered stand at 29,463.

There are 554 active COVID-19 cases.

One person died in the last 24-hours. A 76-year-old man at Mater Dei Hospital.

The total number of deaths is 401.

2,227 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of swabs to 826,461.

Laura Calleja is features editor at MaltaToday