Health Protection Agency (HPA) on Saturday confirmed 47 new cases of COVID-19 in Maldives.

As per the agency, the new cases include 19 Maldivians, 22 Bangladeshi nationals, two Nepalese and four Indian nationals.

With these developments. the total number of cases in Maldives has reached 1078, with 1025 active cases, four fatalities and 49 recoveries.

Capital city Malé, one of the most densely populated places in the world, has recorded a significant increase in COVID-19 cases the first case was recorded on April 15.

On March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization classified the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. At present, the new strain of novel coronavirus has infected over 46 million people and claimed over 309,600 lives around the world. However, out of those infected, 1.7 million people have recovered.