Malawi Records Highest Number of Covid Hospital Admissions, Death Toll Rises

17 January 2021

Malawi has registered 562 new coronavirus (Covid-19) in the last 24-hour reporting period and hospital deaths has risen by 9 amid a surge of infections, 18 new recoveries and the highest number of admissions at 167 in 18 hospitals across the country - with Blantyre still as the highest at 71.

However, co-chairperson of the Presidential task force on Covid-19, Dr. John Phuka says " all is not lost" in the battle against the pandemic.

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