Over 4, 000 people in Malawi have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, at least half of them have recovered.

In the past 24 hours, Malawi registered 4,658 total Covid-19 cases with 2,137 being active cases while 2,375 have recovered and 146 have died.

Since Malawi registered her first covid-19 cases, the numbers have been rising uncontrollably most of them being locally transmitted.

Meanwhile, government has updated Covid-19 rules in which wearing of a face mask in public places is now a must.

Gatherings of more than 10 people are currently banned.

Over 19 million people have tested positive for the virus.