COVID-19: 109 new cases, 84 from atolls

Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Thursday, announced 109 additional cases of COVID-19, increasing confirmed cases in Maldives to 88,386.

According to HPA, the 109 new cases include; 17 cases from the greater Male’ region, 84 cases from residential islands outside Male’, and eight cases from operational resorts. 

Meanwhile, 128 additional COVID-19 patients were confirmed to have made full recoveries over the last 24 hours, increasing total recoveries to 86,168.    

With the new developments, Maldives now has 1,961 active cases.      

There are 27 patients in hospitals.      

3,518 samples have been tested for COVID-19 over the last 24-hours, including 1,097 samples from the greater Male' region. The positivity rate in the greater Male’ area has once again decreased to one percent.

Caseload over the week

November 4: 109 cases

November 3: 219 cases

November 2: 143 cases 

November 1: 131 cases 

October 31: 146 cases

October 30: 53 cases

October 29: 98 cases

Maldives has recorded 244 COVID-19 deaths.