Maldives reports another local Covid-19 victim

Maldives has reported another victim of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that the deceased has been identified as a 66-year-old Maldivian woman, who was admitted at the Hulhumalé Medical Facility for Covid-19 treatment.

Doctors pronounced her dead at around 08:42pm on Tuesday.

With this Maldives Covid-19 death toll has risen to 105.

Maldives is currently experiencing a devastating Covid-19 peak like never observed before, with daily infections soaring above 1,000 over recent days.

The pandemic has claimed 56 lives in the Maldives during 2021, 32 of which have been reported thus far in May. This is the highest number of deaths to have been reported in a month since the pandemic surfaced in the island nation on 7 March 2020.

Authorities earlier stressed that Covid-19 fatalities had doubled in count since January 2021. As such, while four deaths were observed in January, the number increased to 10 during February. Six Covid-19 fatalities were reported during March as well as April.

With an alarming spike in case count over the past few days, hospitalizations are also increasing in comparison to the past month. Currently there are 268 Covid-19 patients hospitalized for treatment.

Maldives active Covid-19 tally is currently at 18,221 with over 47,000 infections having been confirmed nationwide. Authorities have imposed strict measures in the capital region as well as in outlying atolls in light of the spiking cases. As such, a 12-hour curfew is effective in Maldives capital from 4pm to 4am in authorities' efforts to slow the spread of the deadly infection.