COVID-19: Two deaths, 49 new cases registered

5 September COVID-19 update | 49 new cases • 723 active cases • 3,998swab tests in past 24 hours • 31 patients in hospital, two in ITU • Fully vaccinated residents at 413,811 • Total deaths at 444

5 September 2021, 12:38pm
by Karl Azzopardi

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49 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, figures published by the health ministry Facebook page show.

Active cases stand at 723, after 43 new recoveries were registered.

Two deaths, a 69-year-old female and a 41-year-old man, died at Mater Dei Hospital while positive to COVID-19.

Deaths now stand at 444.

3,998 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of swabs to 1,208,855.

A total of 31 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated at Mater Dei Hospital, two of whom are in the ITU.

Till yesterday, 799,148 vaccine doses were administered, of which 415,210 were a first dose. 413,811 people are fully vaccinated.

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