Since Sunday 26th July, that is, during the last seven COVID19 updates, Malta registered 159 new COVID19 cases. At least 13 cases were related to the Hotel Takeover party, and another 15 related to the Santa Venera feast (excluding Saturday’s update as details were not provided). This figure also includes at least 88 migrants.

Sunday 26^th July  – Saturday 1^st August – A week of 159 new COVID19 cases in Malta

Sunday 26^th July

14 new cases within the last 24 hours
Total number of cases since day 1 is 700
Total number of recoveries is 665
Number of active cases stands at 26
There were no recoveries
1,220 tests for these 24 hours
Total number of deaths stands at 9
Total number of swabs 120,145

9 of the new cases are related to the Hotel Takeover party
2 cases were imported
The remaining 3 were local

Monday 27^th July

1 new case within the last 24 hours
Total number of cases since day 1 is 701
Total number of recoveries is 665
Number of active cases stands at 27
There were no recoveries
850 tests for these 24 hours
Total number of deaths stands at 9
Total number of swabs 120,995

New case is related to the Hotel Takeover party

Tuesday 28^th July

7 new cases within the last 24 hours
Total number of cases since day 1 is 708
Total number of recoveries is 665
Number of active cases stands at 34
There were no recoveries
1,353 tests for these 24 hours
Total number of deaths stands at 9
Total number of swabs 122,348

1 of the new cases is related to the Hotel Takeover party
2 cases were imported
4 cases are sporadic (no connection to other patients)

Wednesday 29^th July

12 (+66 migrants) new cases within the last 24 hours
Total number of cases since day 1 is 720 (+66 migrants)
Total number of recoveries is 665
Number of active cases stands at 46 (+66 migrants)
There were no recoveries
1,615 tests for these 24 hours
Total number of deaths stands at 9
Total number of swabs 123,963

5 of the new cases form part of the Santa Venera feast cluster
2 of the new cases are related to the Hotel Takeover party
5 cases are sporadic (no connection to other patients)

Thursday 30^th July

9 (+19 migrants) new cases within the last 24 hours
Total number of cases since day 1 is 729 (+85 migrants)
Total number of recoveries is 665
Number of active cases stands at 55 (+85 migrants)
There were no recoveries
1,722 tests for these 24 hours
Total number of deaths stands at 9
Total number of swabs 125,685

4 of the new cases form part of the Santa Venera feast cluster
Most of the patients are under 35 years of age
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Friday 31^st July

10 new cases within the last 24 hours
Total number of cases since day 1 is 824
Total number of recoveries is 665
Number of active cases stands at 150
There were no recoveries
1,314 tests for these 24 hours
Total number of deaths stands at 9
Total number of swabs 126,999

6 of the new cases form part of the Santa Venera feast cluster
4 cases are sporadic (no connection to other patients)
Total active cases include 85 migrants

Saturday 1^st August

21 new cases within the last 24 hours
Total number of cases since day 1 is 845
Total number of recoveries is 665
Number of active cases stands at 171
There were no recoveries
1,748 tests for these 24 hours
Total number of deaths stands at 9
Total number of swabs 128,747

Most of the patients are under 35 years of age
One patient is 80 years old
3 cases are migrants who were in quarantine
Majority of the cases were related to contacts of previously reported positive cases
2 cases were imported

Data was obtained from https://www.facebook.com/sahhagovmt

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– keeping social distancing
– washing of hands, personal hygiene and hygiene in general
– wearing mask in places indicated by Health Authorities

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