A total of 3,460 new coronavirus infections were detected in the last seven days, the health ministry said on Friday.
The positives came from 70,657, giving a positivity rate of 4.9 per cent.
From December 9 to 15, four people died from coronavirus, two men aged 90 and 89, and two women, aged 82 and 89.
Also included in this week’s figures are a man and woman, aged 72 and 75 who died on December 8, while the deaths of a 71-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman in October and December 2021 were also attributed to Covid-19.
The new fatalities raised the total number of deaths since the pandemic outbreak on the island at 1,250.
Meanwhile, 77 people with Covid-19 are being treated in state hospitals, nine of whom are in serious condition and two intubated.
A total of 64 infections were detected in nursing homes from 5,196 tests. A further 23 new Covid-19 cases were detected in 24/7 facilities from 2,461 tests.
The positivity rate for the 2,034 PCR tests carried out over the past seven days was calculated at 7.96 per cent with 162 cases detected, while the positivity rate for the 68,623 rapid tests was 4.81 per cent with 3,298 cases detected.
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