COVID-19: 151 new cases, active cases rise to 1,687

Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Tuesday, announced 151 additional cases of COVID-19, increasing confirmed cases in Maldives to 80,218.      

According to HPA, the 151 new cases include; 42 cases from the greater Male’ region, 98 cases from residential islands outside Male’, 4 cases from operational resorts, and 7 cases from liveaboards. 

Meanwhile, 105additional COVID-19 patients were confirmed to have made full recoveries over the last 24 hours, increasing total recoveries to 78,294.    

With the new developments, Maldives now has 1,687 active cases.      

There are 15 patients in hospitals.      

6,736 samples have been tested for COVID-19 over the last 24-hours, including 1,820 from the greater Male' region.    

With the 151 new infections this Tuesday, 799 people have tested positive over the last one-week period.   

August 24: 151 cases 

August 23: 108 cases 

August 22: 95 cases 

August 21: 110 cases 

August 20: 95 cases 

August 19: 134 cases 

August 18: 106 cases 

Maldives has recorded 225 COVID-19 deaths. 

Maldives has launched an ambitious campaign to fully vaccinate 90 percent of the eligible population in the country by the end of this August. The country began vaccinating children above the age of 12 years last week.  

As of Monday, 376,630 people have received their first dose and 300,064 people have been fully vaccinated.