Forty-eight new COVID-19 cases have been detected, the health authorities said on Tuesday, while seven patients recovered overnight.
The figures mean the total number of active coronavirus cases in Malta has reached 648. The figure does not include migrants who tested positive for the virus upon their arrival.
Tuesday's 48 new cases were detected from 2,124 tests.
Health authorities said that the new cases are still being investigated, and provided details about some of the 69 cases registered on Monday - the second-highest rate of new daily cases after Saturday's record 72. There were 63 cases on Sunday.
Of Monday's 69 cases:
- Nine came from clusters in homes for the elderly
- Five were family members of previously-known cases
- Four were direct contacts of known cases
- Three were work colleagues of positive cases
- Two came from cluster of cases at Mount Carmel Hospital
- Two have been traced to a language schools cluster
- One was traced to a Paceville cluster
No details about the other 43 cases identified on Monday were made available.
The spike in cases over the past three weeks has forced the government to cancel mass events, close bars, dance floors and night clubs and make mask-wearing obligatory in closed public spaces.
Later on Tuesday, the government issued revised safe-travel lists. Bulgaria, Romania and parts of Spain were added to an 'amber' list, meaning passengers from those territories must present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flight to Malta.
In a month, Malta went from having less than five active cases to over 600, resulting in the rate of cases per 100,000 being among the highest in Europe.
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