Covid-19: 60 out of 108 new infections reported from outlying atolls

60 out of the 108 new Covid-19 infections reported by sundown on Thursday were from outlying atolls.

According to the latest statistics publicized by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) a total of 5,272 samples were tested for the virus between 6pm Wednesday and 6pm Thursday.

Over the past 24 hours, 17 new cases were confirmed in the Greater Malé Region, deemed the Covid-19 epicenter of Maldives, whereas 28 were confirmed from operational resorts, two from an industrial island and a single case from a liveaboard vessel.

Maldives Covid-19 case tally has been pushed to 77,202 with this development.

With this, the island nation’s active coronavirus case tally has risen to 2,541 from 2,527 within a day.

94 additional recoveries from the infection by sundown on Thursday have pushed the total number of recoveries observed in the island nation over the past year, to 74,429.

Hospital admissions remain unchanged from the previous day, at 14 according to the statistics.

The country's death toll from Covid-19 stands at 221 with the last one reported on Thursday evening.

The Covid-19 caseload began spiking in the beginning of May once again, not long after Maldives was able to control a spike in cases into the beginning of the year. The fourth wave was confirmed after 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.

This prompted authorities to strengthen safety measures and restrictions across the nation. However in early July a number of these measures were eased in time for Eid-Al-Adha and Independence Day holidays.

Maldives remains in a state of public health emergency since 12 March 2020 which was last extended to expire on 2 August.