Man who died in Thulhaadhoo tests positive for coronavirus

The 59-year-old man who died of a heart attack in B. Thulhaadhoo on Saturday has tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Mahinooz Abu Bakr, who is in charge of managing the Thulhaadhoo health center, told Sun the patient died of a heart attack at approximately 03:30 pm.

Mahinooz said the patient had been under mandatory quarantine after traveling from Male’ City to Thulhaadhoo on July 8.

The patient tested positive for coronavirus post-mortem.

Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC) spokesperson and epidemiologist Dr. Nazla Rafeeq said on Saturday night that the doctors have ruled the cause of death of the patient to be a heart attack, and not coronavirus-related.

The death has not been recorded as a coronavirus-related death.

Mahinooz from Thulhaadhoo health center told Sun that the patient had not presented with symptoms consistent with the new coronavirus.

“We checked on him in the morning. He didn’t present with any COVID-related symptoms,” said Mahinooz.

Mahinooz said the patient’s condition had been stable when checked in the morning.

2,930 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Maldives, including 17 new cases this Saturday. 2,354 people have since recovered, while 15 have died from complications.