Watch: Two new coronavirus cases after 1,022 tests

Malta has announced two new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of people infected with the virus to 486. Superintendent of Public Health, Charmaine Gauci made the announcement exactly two months after the first COVID-19 case was reported in the country. There are now 68 people who still have the virus after 413 people recovered and five people died. In all, Malta has carried out 39,366 tests. 

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The first new case is a 77-year-old Maltese woman who did not experience any symptoms but was swabbed before undergoing unrelated health tests.
A 24-year-old Maltese woman, who was similarly asymptomatic, was diagnosed with the virus after her daughter showed symptoms but tested negative.
Gauci said: "This shows how important it is that we find these asymptomatic patients to control the outbreak, especially at this stage.

Three per cent of cases are children
She also revealed that children in Malta have not been affected as much as other age groups, with 18 children, accounting for 3.1 per cent of the overall cases.
However, they can still transmit the virus, Gauci warned.
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