Another local succumbs to Covid-19 complications
Maldives reported the highest number of Covid-19 deaths during May this year
The death was reported from Dharumavantha Hospital
Another Maldivian man has succumbed to complications from Covid-19.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that the man, a 70-year-old, was being treated on the 11th floor of Dharumavantha Hospital where he was pronounced dead by doctors at 05:44pm on Thursday.
With this, Maldives Covid-19 death toll has been pushed to 201.
Of this 152 were reported during this year. The country's first death was reported in April 2020.
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. June follows closely with 40 deaths reported thus far.
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, as well hospitalizations.
