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COVID-19: Maldives records 161 new cases, 155 recoveries

Nafaahath Ibrahim
23 February 2021, MVT 08:17
A health worker at the Hulhmale Medical facility. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI / MIHAARU
Nafaahath Ibrahim
23 February 2021, MVT 08:17

The Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Monday, announced that 161 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Maldives, while 155 recovered from the disease.

According to the agency, 139 of the new cases were detected from the Greater Male' Region, four were identified in inhabited islands, 17 were from operational resorts and the remaining case was reported from a liveaboard.

After a long period of recording low numbers towards the end of 2020, Maldives is now experiencing its third wave of pandemic, with the introduction of the United Kingdom’s highly contagious virus variant.

Currently, the island nation records a total of 18,930 virus cases of which 2,512 are active cases, in addition to 16,351 recoveries and 60 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 112 million people and claimed over 2.4 million lives around the world. However, out of those infected, more than 87.4 million people have recovered.

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