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91-year old woman has become the 76th victim of the virus in Malta

Nov 8 2020 Share

The Health Ministry has announced this morning that a 91-year old woman has become the 76th victim of the virus in Malta.

The woman had tested positive a week ago, on the 31st October, and died earlier today while still testing positive at the Good Samaritan hospital.

The Health Ministry extended its condolences to the relatives while reminding everyone to comply with the health and safety standards and regulations.

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102 new cases of COVID-19 & 103 recoveries in the past 24 hours

Nov 8 2020 Share

Malta has registered 102 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,942 swab tests, while 103 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

Today’s cases are still being investigated. From yesterday’s cases; 32 cases were family members of previously known cases, 5 cases were contact of positive work colleagues, 2 cases were from direct contacts with positive cases and 2 cases were from social gatherings with other positive cases.

To date, Malta has registered 7,141 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 5,103 have recovered, 76 died and 1,962 are still active.

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Queen Elizabeth wears a face mask in public for the first time

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94-year-old Queen Elizabeth has worn a face mask in public for the first time last Wednesday, as she marked the centenary of the burial to the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey with a private pilgrimage.

She had not worn a mask on previous occasions, which had attracted criticism from the press and the general public.

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Woman grievously injures man

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Early this morning in an apartment in St Paul’s Bay, a man and a 24-year old Nigerian woman were involved in a fight after an argument between the two escalated, leaving the man hospitalised and suffering from grievous injuries.

The police said that they were informed about the case at around 3.15am and that investigations are ongoing.

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