COVID-19 figures, today have confirmed another 158 new positive cases which is the highest reported number of daily cases since November.
The results came out of the 2,602 swab tests which were done during the past 24 hours.
Along with this rise in numbers, 4 more deaths have also been reported today.
74 people have recovered and this leaves Malta’s active cases at 1,702.
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The owner of a Maltese satirical page called, ‘Bis-Serjetà’ could be facing jail time as well as a fine of €2,329.
This is because of a satirical meme directed towards Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers. The meme called out the 4 lawyers as mafia.
Maltese activists who fight for freedom of speech did not react well to the news and offered their solidarity and any help they could offer to ‘Bis-Serjetà’.
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Malta has registered 158 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,602 swab tests, while 74 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
From yesterday’s cases; 30 cases were family members of previously known cases, 8 cases were contacts of positive work colleagues, 16 cases were direct contacts with other positive cases, 10 cases were from social gatherings with other positive cases.
To date, Malta has registered 13,388 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 11,460 have recovered, 226 died and 1,702 are still active.
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President, George Vella is to be vaccinated later on today.
The president has said that he completely believes in the vaccine being as the companies who are issuing the vaccines are very serious companies.
The president also said that a lot of research and testing went into the making of the vaccine and that most of what can be found on the internet regarding the negative aspect of the vaccine are fake theories.
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