In the past 24 hours, Malawi has registered 13 new COVID-19 cases, 10 new recoveries, and no new deaths.
The new cases are locally transmitted infections: five are from Lilongwe, three from Chiradzulu, two each from Blantyre and Zomba, and one from Machinga.
Cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 5,731 cases including 179 deaths.
Of these cases, 1,146 are imported infections and 4,585 are locally transmitted.
Cumulatively, 4,040 cases have now recovered bringing the total number of active cases to 1,512.
The average age of the cases is 36.6 years, the youngest case being aged 1 month, the oldest being 98 years old and 68% are male.
532 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, cumulatively, 50,583 tests have been conducted in the country.
