Sixteen new COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday, with the additional patients pushing up the number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 213. 

Health authorities said five of the newly discovered cases were linked to the Sta Venera feast on July 27, two form part of a Paceville cluster and five are linked to previously known cases. 

The four other cases have been classified as sporadic, meaning they have no known links to previous coronavirus patients.

A total of 1,502 tests were performed in the past 24 hours.

Malta has registered 890 cases since the first two cases on March 7.

Fourteen cases were reported on Monday, 15 reported on Sunday, 21 on Saturday and 10 on Friday.

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