Five new COVID-19 cases as authorities end daily broadcasts

Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci has ended her daily live coronavirus broadcasts because Malta is now in a "transition period".  After two months of the afternoon updates on the state of COVID-19, the briefings will now only happen three days a week - on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The daily tallies will still be announced but Gauci will no longer provide the briefing with journalists, which has become a fixture in many people's days.  Watch live: She made the announcement as she said there were five new cases of coronavirus in Malta overnight following 1,017 tests.  The new cases bring to 558 the number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus since the first case in March. However only 96 cases are 'active' after 456 recoveries and six deaths.  So far more than 51,677 tests have been carried out, amounting to more than a tenth of the population. New cases A 97-year-old man, being treated at Karin Grech hospital, is among the new patients, after experiencing symptoms on May 16. He has medical conditions but is in a stable condition. He is one of four patients at the rehabilitation hospital to test positive.  Another new case is a 58-year-old, who...