75-yo local succumbs to Covid-19 complications
19 ޖޫން 2021 | ހޮނިހިރު 17:27Maldives reported the highest number of Covid-19 deaths during May this year
The latest death was reported from Hulhumalé Medical Facility
A 75-year-old local man has succumbed to complications of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that the man was being treated at Hulhumalé Medical Facility before he was pronounced dead by doctors at 08:49pm on Saturday.
This has pushed the Maldives Covid-19 death toll to 206.
Of this 157 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 45 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.
