COVID-19 recoveries rise to 59

Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Saturday, confirmed that 10 more COVID-19 patients have made full recoveries.

The latest recoveries increase total recoveries to 59.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 infections continue to increase.  HPA has confirmed 47 new infections so far this Saturday; 22 Bangladeshis, 19 Maldivians, four Indians and two Nepalese.

Total COVID-19 infections in Maldives currently stand at 1,078.

Four have died from complications.

The capital Male’ City remains the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Maldives, contributing to over 1,000 of the total infections.

The Greater Male’ Region has been under lockdown since April 15, when the capital had identified its first infection.

Maldives has also imposed a nationwide ban on all non-essential travel, closed schools and government offices, and has ordered a temporary ban on mass gatherings in mosques in an effort to control the spread of the disease.

Health authorities project a significant surge in virus cases by the end of May.