125 out of 372 new Covid-19 cases reported from capital
Healthcare authorities strengthened measures nationwide in light of spiking cases on May 26
Covid-19 restrictions have been strengthened across the Maldives capital since late May
Out of the 372 new Covid-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, 125 were confirmed from the Greatest Malé Region.
According to the latest statistics publicized by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), 5,262 samples were tested for Covid-19 between 6pm Sunday and 6pm Monday.
By sundown on Monday, 215 coronavirus infections were confirmed from residential islands, as well as 30 from operational resorts, one from a liveaboard vessel and one from an island reserved for industrial purposes as well.
With these developments Maldives Covid-19 case tally has been pushed to 70,673.
Further, the public health authority also confirmed 992 recoveries from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, meaning that a total of 61,761 recoveries have been confirmed nationwide thus far.
Maldives active Covid-19 cases have dropped to 8,703 from 9,326 within 24 hours.
Statistics go on to reveal that the number of hospital admissions is currently 82. This means that six patients were moved from hospitals over the past 24 hours.
The Covid-19 caseload began spiking into the beginning of May, at a time Maldives was able to control a spike in cases into the beginning of the new year, with strengthened measures such as a curfew period and travel restrictions. However, authorities lifted the measures in place in time for the fasting month of Ramadan 1442 as well as the Local Council and Women’s Development Committee elections held in mid-April, which led to the caseload increasing like never observed before.
Measures were strengthened across the Maldives earlier in May with authorities having imposed a curfew in the capital region from 4pm to 4am. Effective May 26, the curfew hours have been extended from 4pm to 8am and authorities have also imposed movement restrictions for capital region residents outside the curfew hours. Other measures include disallowing dine-in and takeaway services, allowing delivery services for shops, restaurants and cafés with permits from 6am to 12am. The Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC) revealed that special permits are required to go out from 8am to 4pm.
Maldives remains in a state of public health emergency since 12 March 2020 and was last extended to expire on 3 July.
