The new deaths are from Nkhata Bay, Karonga and Nsanje.

Of the new cases, 83 are locally transmitted infections and one is an imported infection.

Of the locally transmitted infections, 25 are from Blantyre, 22 from Lilongwe, 11 from Nkhata Bay, six from Zomba, four from Karonga, two each from Chitipa, Dowa, andNsanje and one each from Balaka, Chiradzulu, Kasungu, Machinga, Mangochi, Mchinji, Mzimba South, Mzimba North, and Nkhotakota.

The imported case is a refugee who just arrived at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa.

Cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 3,386 cases including 79 deaths. Of these cases, 916 are imported infections and 2,470 are locally transmitted. Cumulatively, 1,328 cases have now recovered bringing the total number of active cases to 1,979.

The average age of the cases is 36 years, the youngest case is aged 1 month, the oldest is 93 years and 66% are male.

The country has so far conducted 25756 COVID-19 tests in 39  COVID-19 testing sites.