Maldives reports 95 new Covid-19 cases, pushing total to 79,959

Maldives reported 95 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, which pushes the island nation's total case tally to 79,959.

According to the latest updates by the Health Protection Agency,(HPA), Maldives reported 95 new cases out of 5673 samples which were collected during the testing period. These included 56 cases from outlying atolls, 26 from the Covid-19 epicenter Malé City and the remaining 13from operational resorts.

With this development, Maldives total coronavirus case tally has risen to 79,959.

The total number of recoveries observed nationwide has also been pushed to 78,076 with 123 recoveries recorded during the reporting period, with the active case count sitting at 1,648.

While the country confirmed its 223rd fatality to Covid-19 on Sunday, following 18 consecutive days of no deaths due to the virus, there are currently 16 patients hospitalized for treatment.

The Covid-19 caseload began spiking in the beginning of May once again when a fourth and more infectious wave was confirmed.

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. Authorities have since announced a number of additional eases including allowing offices to resume normal operations, as well as foot outlets.

In July authorities allowed individuals who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus to travel domestically without the need to quarantine, with a negative PCR test result. Travel without quarantine is only for islands that have no Covid-19 monitoring measures in place.

The state of public health emergency announced on 12 March 2020 has been extended a 17th time, to expire on September 1.