Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Tuesday, announced the 56th COVID-19 related death in Maldives.
As per the agency, the deceased was a 77-year-old local male. He succumbed to the virus while undergoing treatment at the Covid Management Facility located in Gaafu Alif Atoll.
He was declared dead at 0948 hrs.
This marks the 49th local to have succumbed to the virus in Maldives. The remaining fatalities consist of seven expatriates, including six Bangladeshi nationals and one Filipino citizen.
At present, the island nation records a total of 16,909 virus cases of which 2,081 are active cases, in addition to 14,772 recoveries.
After a long period of recording low numbers towards the end of 2020, Maldives is now experiencing its third wave of the pandemic, with the introduction of the United Kingdom’s highly contagious virus variant.
Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Maldives, HPA announced to tighten curfew hours and vehicle movement restrictions across the Greater Male' Region from February 3 onwards, for a period of 14 days.
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