Total active cases below 500 with no cases in Gozo

Apr 24 2021

The total number of active cases in Malta have dropped beneath the 500 mark. This is the first time since 4th October 2020 that Malta had less than 500 active cases. Only 20 new cases were registered today, with an increase in recoveries at 57. No new deaths were registered today.

Superintendent for Public Health Charmaine Gauci has also revealed in a COVID-19 bulletin yesterday that there are currently no cases of the virus in the Gozo General Hospital. Accompanied by the decrease in cases overall, this is a positive sign of the health measures in place and the vaccine roll out system which is still ongoing.

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20 COVID-19 cases registered with 57 recoveries

15 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 74 recoveries

Apr 24 2021

Malta has registered 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 1,628 swab tests, while 57 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Saturday 24th March 2021, 307,636 vaccine doses were administered of which 98,677 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 30,149 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 29,261 have recovered, 412 died and 476 are still active.

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Mount Everest climber tests positive for COVID-19

Apr 24 2021

Norwegian climber Erland Ness hoping to reach Mount Everest’s summit confirmed on Thursday that he had tested positive for COVID-19. This was a huge blow to Nepal’s mountaineering season on the world’s highest mountain. Already having forced last year’s season to be cancelled, Nepal had eased quarantine rules in an effort to attract more climbers. Ness was evacuated from the mountain by helicopter and taken to a hospital in the Nepali capital Kathmandu.

Ness told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he hopes none of the otter’s get infected with the virus high up in the mountains. ‘It is impossible to evacuate people with a helicopter when they’re above 8,000 metres.’ With breathing made difficult to the high altitudes, any outbreak of disease presents major health risks.

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Youth ordered to pay €62000 by friend after crashing his dream car

Apr 24 2021

After driving and crashing his friend’s Toyota Supra into a trailer, a youth was ordered by the former to pay a fine of €62,000. The court judge concluded that the friend suffered a trauma after seeing the heavily damaged vehicle, prompting the €62,000 fine.

Testimony presented reveals that the two were with other friends in Hal Far, where the accident occurred. The youth felt betrayed by his friends’ actions and allegedly suffered trauma after witnessing the damage done to his dream car. A psychiatrist concluded that the victim suffered a 20% permanent disability after witnessing the damage.

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