COVID-19: 106 new infections, 62 recoveries

Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Thursday, announced 106 additional cases of the new coronavirus, increasing confirmed coronavirus cases in Maldives to 15,496.

According to HPA, the 106 new cases include; 93 cases from the greater Male’ region, 4 cases from residential islands outside Male’, 8 cases from operational resorts, and 1 case from liveaboards.

Meanwhile, 62 additional coronavirus patients were confirmed to have made full recoveries over the last 24 hours, increasing total recoveries to 14,028.

With the new developments, Maldives now has 1,410 active cases.

There are 116 patients in hospitals.

400,640 samples (including repeated samples) have been tested for the new coronavirus to date.

With the 106 new infections this Thursday, 731 people have tested positive over the last one-week period.

January 28: 106 cases

January 27: 143 cases

January 26: 145 cases

January 25: 109 cases

January 24: 108 cases

January 23: 55 cases

January 22: 65 cases

Maldives identified its first coronavirus case on March 7, and declared a state of public health emergency over the pandemic less than a week later on March 12.

While coronavirus cases had initially been restricted to resorts and safaris, and later quarantine facilities holding inbound travelers, Male’ City identified its first coronavirus case on April 15, prompting a city-wide lockdown.

The populous capital quickly emerged as the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Maldives, contributing to the majority of total cases.

51 coronavirus patients have died from complications.