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2 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 16 JUNE 2021 NEWS Solar energy generation increased by 21% last year NO new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Tuesday, the health ministry said. 596,074 doses of the COV- ID-19 vaccine have been ad- ministered until Monday. Of these 265,090 people are fully vaccinated. Total recoveries stand at 30,112, while total cases regis- tered stand at 30,582. There are 51 active COV- ID-19 cases. No deaths were registered in the last 24-hours. The total number of deaths is 419. 1,526 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, bring- ing the total number of swabs to 955,643. COVID-19 No new cases, three recoveries recorded KURT SANSONE ELECTRICITY generated from the sun continued to increase rapidly last year with figures out today showing an output that was 20.5% higher than 2019. The National Statistics Office said that photovoltaic panels generated 233.1GWh in 2020 with the most energy gener- ated in the South Eastern and Northern Harbour regions. Domestic PV panels account- ed for the lion's share of solar electricity generation. The stock of PV installations amounted to 29,339 of which 85% were installed in Malta and 15% in Gozo. The Northern Harbour and Western regions accounted for 37.6% of the total stock of PV installations with 5,692 and 5,339 installations respectively. When compared to 2019, the stock of PV installations in- creased by 6.8% with the high- est increases in the South-East- ern region and the lowest in the Gozo and Comino. The domestic sector account- ed for 93.6% of the total stock of PV installations, followed by the commercial and public sec- tors, accounting for 5.5% and 0.9% respectively. When analysing the results by district, Gozo and Comino had an average of 119 domestic installations per 1,000 popula- tion, followed by the Western and South Eastern districts at 80 and 63 installations respec- tively. The lowest ratio was regis- tered in the Northern Harbour district, with 31 installations per 1,000 population. The National Statistics Office releases figures for electricity generated by PV panels, showing domestic installations providing the lion's share