COVID-19: 12 new cases, one death registered

COVID-19 update for 2 May | 12 new cases • 20 recoveries • 261 active cases • 2,036 Swab tests past 24 hours • Vaccine doses administered until Sunday 339,727

2 May 2021, 12:46pm
by Karl Azzopardi

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

Active cases stand at 261, after 20 new recoveries were registered.

Total cases stand at 30,319, while total recoveries stand at 29,642.

2,036 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of swabs to 871,099.

An 87-year-old man died at St Thomas Hospital while positive to COVID-19.

The total number of deaths now stands at 416.

Till yesterday, 339,727 vaccine doses were administered, of which 108,216 were second doses.

Karl Azzopardi is Online Editor and an IGM press awards (Human Stories) winner of 2019