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2 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 20 DECEMBER 2020 NEWS Delivery fee of just €1 per day for orders up to 5 newspapers per address To subscribe 1. Email us your choice of newspapers, recipient's name, address, contact number to production @millermalta.com 2. Forward cheques payable to Miller Distributors Ltd on address: Miller House, Airport Way, Tarxien Road, Luqa LQA1814 Queries on other news- papers and magazines, production@ millermalta.com maltatoday Same-day delivery of your favourite Sunday newspaper Monday-Friday MaltaToday Midweek • €1 BusinessToday • €1.50 Sunday MaltaToday • €1.95 ILLUM • €1.25 Support your favourite newspaper with a subscription https://bit.ly/2X9csmr Cases 11,101 Active 1,856 Recoveries 9,079 Deaths 166 Swabs 461,770 LATEST COVID-19 www.maltatoday.com.mt/covid19 MATTHEW AGIUS FOUR COVID-19 patients died between Friday and Saturday, as health authorities reported 52 new cases yesterday, in keeping with a streak of lower numbers. The number of people who died of the virus in Malta now stands at 187. The health authorities said the latest victims were an 86-year-old woman who test- ed positive on December 2, a 76-year-old woman who tested positive on December 12, an 86-year-old woman who test- ed positive on October 16 and an 84-year-old man who tested positive on December 16. All four victims died at Ma- ter Dei Hospital, the ministry said. It urged the public to re- main vigilant and continue to observe measures intended to stop the spread of the virus, over the festive season. In more positive news, Malta was said to be one of a hand- ful of European countries with a very low incidence of posi- tive cases from those tested for COVID-19, EU data shows. With a testing positivity rate below 4%, Malta joins Finland, Norway, Ireland, Denmark and a few regions in recording the lowest incidence of coronavi- rus cases. The weekly update by the European Centre for Disease and Prevention Control shows that Malta is also among sev- en countries within the second highest testing rate category. Only Cyprus and Denmark have higher testing rates. Since the start of the pan- demic, Malta has been testing profusely for coronavirus with the latest data from yesterday showing that since March, hos- pital labs carried out 479,097 swab tests. Health Minister Chris Fearne welcomed the latest ECDC da- ta, insisting the key to keeping the pandemic under control was adhering to safety meas- ures and profuse testing to find and isolate the positive cases. Four deaths from coronavirus Malta registers one of the lowest incidence rates of positive cases from those tested for COVID-19 among EU countries Our expert's guide how to handle food safely during this Christmas season Page 15