COVID-19: Decline in new infections but active cases almost reach 2,000

COVID-19 update for 19 July | 146 new cases • 15 recoveries • 1,963 active cases • 3,809 swab tests in past 24 hours • 18 patients in hospital, one in ITU • Fully vaccinated residents at 357,558 • Total deaths at 420

19 July 2021, 12:53pm
by Kurt Sansone

1 min read

Malta recorded 146 new cases of COVID-19 with a testing positivity rate of 3.8%

Malta has registered 146 new cases of COVID-19 with hospitalisations remaining static at 18, including a person recovering at the intensive therapy unit.

The latest coronavirus update published by the Health Ministry on Facebook shows that the COVID testing positivity rate stood at 3.8%.

The numbers represent a decline in new infections when compared to the past few days.

Active cases now stand at 1,963. There were no deaths overnight and 15 people recovered from the infection.

The health authorities said that from Sunday’s cases, 64% were people aged between 10 and 39. The average age was 29.

The number of fully-vaccinated individuals stood at 357,558 until yesterday, a marginal increase over the previous day.

Malta was placed on the red list by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in its weekly update illustrating the pandemic in maps.

Kurt Sansone is Executive Editor of MaltaToday. He was formerly deputy editor of MaltaTod...