COVID-19: 90 new infections is lowest in six weeks

COVID-19 update for 23 March | 2 deaths • 90 new cases • 212 recoveries • 2,479 active cases • 2,661 Swab tests past 24 hours • Vaccine doses administered till Monday 150,897

23 March 2021, 12:37pm
by Laura Calleja

90 new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Tuesday

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

150,897 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered until Monday. Of which 45,286 were second doses.

Total recoveries stand at 25,555, while total cases registered stand at 28,409.

There are 2,479 active COVID-19 cases.

Two persons died in the last 24-hours. A 76-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman both at Mater Dei Hospital.

The total number of deaths is 375.

2,661 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of swabs to 789,809.

Laura Calleja is features editor at MaltaToday