Twenty-six people tested positive for COVID-19 between Monday and Tuesday, while another 53 patients recovered.

According to data published by the health authorities, Malta had 444 known active cases as of 12.30pm on Tuesday, a number that has been gradually decreasing over the past few days after a spike in mid-August.

A total of 1,916 test were carried out overnight, bringing up the total number of tests since March to 192,509.

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Monday's cases

In their daily update on Facebook, the health authorities referred to Monday's 53 COVID-19 cases, 32 of whom were migrants.

Out of the remaining 21 patients, 14 were sporadic cases.

Four were relatives of a previously known case, while another two cases were traced to social gatherings.

One case was linked to the workplace.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Health Ministry acknowledged that a COVID-19 patient who died on Sunday was virus-free when he first entered hospital, contradicting its initial statement about the death. 

So far Malta has registered 12 deaths related to COVID-19. 

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