Portugal is the only other country with lower figures.
Malta’s Covid-19 rate is now the second-lowest among Europe countries – a drastic drop after being among those with the highest rates back in March.
The details were released in new data by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
According to the data, Malta’s 14-day infection rate per 100,000 population stands at 52.28. The only other country that has a lower rate is Portugal, coming in at 49.55 cases per 100,000. This comes as Malta’s new daily case numbers have been decreasing, with new cases not surpassing 15 this past week.
Infection rates were high back in March which resulted in another quasi-lockdown. Now, measures are being lifted in a staggered manner in the hopes of not reversing all the effort that has been made to curb the spread.
On 10th March, just before the lockdown, Malta’s infection rate stood at 828.47. A month later, on 13th April, the rate plummeted to 145.17. The death rate also dropped with the islands now going days at a time without a registered covid-related death.
As per yesterday’s Sahha numbers and at the time of writing, the islands currently have 192 active cases. Just this morning, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced that over 400,000 vaccine doses have been administered so far, with Sahha posts now detailing how many first jabs have been given and how many people are fully vaccinated.