Sri Lankan man dies of coronavirus in Maldives
Authorities have been raising concerns over hospital beds filling up due to alarming case numbers being reported of recent
The patient was receiving treatment at IGMH
Maldives has reported the death of a Sri Lankan national, due to Covid-19.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that deceased has been identified as a 37-year-old man who was pronounced dead by doctors at 4:24am on Friday.
The Sri Lankan national was rushed to the Emergency Room of Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).
With this, Maldives Covid-19 death toll has risen to 176.
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 127 lives in the Maldives during 2021 alone.
Maldives reported the highest number of deaths in a single month since the pandemic began, during May 2021, when a total of 88 deaths were confirmed.
With daily Covid-19 cases soaring above 1,000 into the beginning of May, authorities responded by strengthening Covid-19 precautionary measures and guidelines in place. Since then cases have been declining gradually.
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. 15 deaths have been reported so far in June.
Authorities strengthened measures effective from May 26 onwards. The curfew period has been extended from 4pm to 8am and individuals will only be allowed to go out outside of the curfew hours, under a special permit. Since then the Covid-19 case load is observed to be declining across the capital region.
