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COVID-19: Maldives records 125 new cases,129 recoveries

Nafaahath Ibrahim
08 March 2021, MVT 22:24
A frontline worker in PPE. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI / MIHAARU
Nafaahath Ibrahim
08 March 2021, MVT 22:24

The Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Monday, announced that 125 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Maldives, while 129 recovered from the disease.

According to the agency, 103 of the new cases were detected from the Greater Male' Region, nine were identified in inhabited islands and 13 were from operational resorts.

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.

Currently, the island nation records a total of 20,919 virus cases of which 2,595 are active cases, in addition to 18,153 recoveries and 64 deaths.

With the sudden spike in numbers, HPA introduced a new curfew, which prohibits civilians from roads and public spaces between 2300 to 0430 hrs, while vehicle movements are banned between 1800 to 0600 hrs.

The restrictions are implemented across capital Male', its suburbs Vilimale' and Hulhumale', airport island Hulhule', industrial island Gulhifalhu and landfill island Thilafushi.

On March 12, 2020, WHO classified the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. To date, the new strain of novel coronavirus has infected over 117.4 million people and claimed over 2.6 million lives around the world. However, out of those infected, more than 92.9 million people have recovered.

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