Watch live: Fourteen new COVID-19 cases as Malta hits daily testing record

Constant updates Fourteen new COVID-19 cases were identified between Friday and Saturday, health authorities have said.  Nine of the new cases have been classified as asymptomatic - meaning patients exhibited no symptoms when they tested positive. It is the third consecutive day in which the number of newly-detected coronavirus cases has reached double digits. Malta has now confirmed 546 cases of COVID-19.  The new cases were detected from 1,727 swab tests – a national one-day record number of tests. Two further patients have recovered from the virus, meaning 450 patients have now overcome the infection. Healthcare professionals currently have 90 active cases in their care. Three patients are currently at Boffa Hospital. Six are at St Thomas Hospital, two are at Mater Dei’s Infectious Diseases Unit and three are at Karin Grech Hospital.  The new figures were released, unannounced, by the Health Ministry via Facebook.  Superintendent for Public Health Charmaine Gauci provided more details about the new cases during her daily COVID-19 briefing.  The higher number of asymptomatic cases reflected the growing number of daily tests being carried out, she said.  Malta's R factor - the...