Malta has registered 154 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,639 swab tests, while 206 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
As of Friday 22th February 2021, 48,474 vaccine doses were administered.
To date, Malta has registered 19,651 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 17,017 have recovered, 290 died and 2,344 are still active.
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The National Commission for the promotion of equality has shed light on the harsh realities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Between the months of June and July last year, the number of women who spend 13 hours or more a day taking care of their children had doubled.
63% of women care for their children during the day while 60.7% were men. When it came to increased hours of housework women come in at 58.4% while met stand at 55.2%.
Increased hours spent helping children with school work showed a 16% difference between men and women, with women being in the higher percentile.
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The number of new worldwide COVID-19 infections has dropped by nearly half. New infection rates have been slowing, and over the past month, the number of new cases has dropped by 44.5%.
New cases during the week of the 5th-11th of January stood at – 743,000 while last week the number stood at 412,700 which was the lowest value since last October.
Although numbers are decreasing everyone must still exercise caution and social distancing in order to keep the numbers at a decline.
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Vulnerable people have started to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as of last Thursday.
The number of vulnerable people who are to be vaccinated stands at 25,000.
Vulnerable people are being vaccinated at Mater Dei. Mater Dei has started vaccinating 60 people a day and the number will continue to increase gradually.
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