Updated 12.30pm

No new COVID-19 cases were detected over the past 24 hours, Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Sunday morning.

In a post on Twitter, the minister said "Good morning. Zero day today."

Malta has now been registering a low number of new cases daily for more than a month.

There have also been no deaths for 19 consecutive days.

With three recoveries, the number of active cases is now down to 59.

Malta has registered just over 30,581 virus cases since the first cases were detected in March 2020, with 419 patients dying. 

Healthcare workers administered 1,783 swab tests on Saturday. 

A total of 4,954 vaccine doses were administered overnight with more than 587,160 doses administered in total so far. 

A total 258,929 people are now fully vaccinated. 

More than 57% of residents aged 16 and over have been fully vaccinated against the virus, with that figure rising to 76% when calculating people who have received just one dose, according to figures provided by public health chief Charmaine Gauci on Friday. 

Having allowed bars, cinemas and theatres to reopen this week, the government is now targeting the gradual resumption of larger-scale events for fully vaccinated people, starting from July 5 and subject to stringent capacity and entrance rules.