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Watch live: Ten new coronavirus cases after record 1,500 tests

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Masks are mandatory in Malta for people shopping and taking public transport. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Ten new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Malta after a record number of tests were carried out on Thursday.  Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gaui is delivering the latest on the coronavirus situation in Malta.  It is the second day in a row that the daily case tally has reached double digits after a month of very low numbers. Watch live. The new cases bring to 532 the number of coronavirus patients in Malta, although only 78 are active after six people died and 488 recovered.  Some 1,500 tests were carried out on Thursday, which is the largest number of swabs in a single day.  Six of the new cases showed no symptoms of the virus. Just over a fifth of all people in Malta who have been diagnosed with coronavirus were asymptomatic, Gauci said.  The new cases are: A 19-year-old Maltese woman, who showed no symptoms but was found through contact tracing of another coronavirus patient. She was in quarantine.  A 75-year-old Maltese man, who was screened at hospital, where he was being treated for a different medical condition. He also had no symptoms. A 73-year-old who was suffering from shortness of breath and was also found through hospital screening. He is...

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