Maldives coronavirus case tally tops 80,000

Maldives coronavirus case tally has topped 80,067, with 108 new infections reported by sundown on Monday.

According to the latest figures published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), 63 of the 108 new cases were detected from outlying atolls, 37 from the Covid-19 epicenter Malé City and the remaining eight were from operational resorts.

The new infections were confirmed out of 5,900 samples tested for the infection between 6pm Sunday and 6pm Monday.

Further, HPA also confirmed 113 additional recoveries by sundown on Monday, with which the total number of recoveries has been pushed to 78,189.

The country’s active coronavirus case count has topped 1,641.

Hospital admissions remain unchanged from the previous day, at 16.

While Maldives reported its first Covid-19 fatality in April 2020, there have been 225 since. The latest two deaths were reported on Monday.

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 food 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.