Seventeen new Coronavirus cases have been registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 90, Health Chief Charmaine Gauci said.
Ten of the cases are linked to travelling, while the other seven were locally transmitted, she said when addressing the media.
Gauci said that the 10 cases related to travelling involve a 18-year-old girl and a 73-year-old man, both Maltese, who were in England; a Swedish man who lives in Malta, aged 50, and a 22-year-old man who travelled to northern Italy; the son of a Hungarian man who had travelled to his country of birth; a 24-year-old Finnish man who was in Vienna, a Maltese man aged 51 who was in Morocco, a 26-year-old woman who was in contact with someone who had tested positive after travelling to Brussels, a 46-year-old Maltese woman who came in contact with a Coronavirus patient who had travelled to Germany and a 55-year-old woman whose partner comes in contact frequently with tourists.
She said that the number of cases related to travelling should decline in the nest few days because of the closure of the airspace.
Another seven persons who contracted the disease had no history of travelling, and it is therefore likely that in these cases the transmission was local.
The seven persons are a Maltese health care worker at Mater Dei Hospital, aged 27, an Indian 42-year-old man who works in Malta, three Maltese women aged 33, 53 and 60, a Maltese 74-year-old man and a Somali 28-year-old man who has been living in Malta for the last five years.
Gauci said that the total number of cases are now 90, with two persons who have recovered.
The patient who on Saturday needed to be taken to the ITU because of complications is still receiving intensive treatment but is in a stable condition.
Earlier in the press conference, Health Minister Chris Fearne said that no patient has died. Rumours on the social media are creating unnecessary alarm and he urged the public to follow the official declarations.
He said that 27 patients are being kept at Mater Dei Hospital and St Thomas Hospital. The rest of the patients are at home and always in close contact with the health authorities.