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A single new COVID-19 case was reported on Wednesday, the same as on Tuesday. No new cases were detected for the first time in 11 months on Monday.
The health authorities said on Wednesday that three patients had recovered, leaving 68 active cases.
Malta s positivity rate is now down to 0.1%.
The number of vaccination jabs has risen to 564,718 with 243,252 people now fully vaccinated.
Charmaine Gauci, the superintendent of public health, said on the Ask Charmaine programme that major progress had been made since the high number of cases in March.
Only three people were in hospital as a result of the virus, with none of these patients being treated in the Intensive Treatment Unit, she said.
.G739. DCH DORCHESTER, DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NEW FILE PICS. .PIC BY GEOFF MOORE. 250105.. THE number of patients receiving treatment for coronavirus at Dorset County Hospital has sharply fallen within a week as people recover and are sent home. Professor Alastair Hutchison, chief medical officer at the hospital, confirmed that as of Wednesday, March 3, Dorset County Hospital staff were treating eight patients with Covid-19, including one person in intensive care. The week before, Wednesday, February 24, there were 25 patients with Covid-19 at the Dorchester hospital. He commented last week that the numbers of coronavirus patients had ‘plateaued’ and suggested this may be down to patients taking a long time to recover from the virus and be subsequently discharged.