Health Protection Agency (HPA) on Saturday confirmed 22 new cases of COVID-19 in Maldives.
According to the agency, the new cases consist of 16 Maldivians, four Bangladeshi nationals, one Indian national and one Nepali national.
✳️ COVID-19 Case Updates
— Health Protection Agency (@HPA_MV) May 9, 2020
As of 02:00pm, confirmed an additional 22 cases of COVID-19 infection in Maldives.
Cases:
- 04 Bangladeshi
- 16 Maldivians
- 01 India
- 01 Nepali
Total number of cases: 766
With this development, Maldives presently records 766 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 743 active cases, and a total of 20 recoveries and 3 deaths.
Maldives’ capital Malé, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, has recorded a significant increase in COVID-19 since it recorded its first local transmission of the virus on April 15, involving a Maldivian woman that sought assistance from a flu clinic in Malé after developing symptoms for the virus.
In addition to the capital, COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Uligan in Haa Alif Atoll, Narudhoo and Milandhoo in Shaviyani Atoll, Thulusdhoo in Kaafu Atoll and in Addu City.
The country recorded its first COVID-19 related death, of an 83-year-old local female, on April 29. Since, two more individuals, a 33-year-old Bangladeshi man and a local 80-year-old man have succumbed to COVID-19.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. The new strain of novel coronavirus has infected over 4 million people and claimed over 276,473 lives around the world. However, out of those infected, 1.39 million people have recovered.
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