Health Protection Agency (HPA) confirmed early evening on Sunday that 14 more individuals tested positive for COVID-19 in the capital city of Male', recording the 50th case of the day.
According to the agency, cases MAV0178 to MAV0191 consist of nine Bangladeshi nationals, one Indian national, one Pakistani national, and three local Maldivians.
The individuals will be moved to an isolation facility, HPA revealed via a tweet.
Including the 36 that tested positive during the early hours of the day, the number of people found positive for COVID-19 today has reached 50 — marking till date, the highest number of positive confirmations reported within a single day.
Maldives has recorded a significant increase in COVID-19 cases since its first confirmed case in the capital city of Male' on April 15 involving a local woman that sought assistance from a flu clinic in Malé after developing symptoms.
With this new development, Maldives now records 191 positive cases, two probable and 175 active cases of COVID-19, with a total of 16 recoveries.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus has infected over 2.92 million people and claimed over 203,270 lives around the world. However, out of those infected, more than 837,000 people have recovered.
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