Maldives Covid-19 death toll has risen to 230.

According to the Health Protection Agency (HPA), the 230th Covid-19 victim has been identified as a 46-year-old Maldivian woman.

Doctors at the Hulhumalé Medical Facility declared her dead at 3:02am on Friday.

This comes a week after the latest victim was reported, when an 87-year-old Maldivian man being treated at the same facility succumbed to complications of the fatal infection on September 17.

This is the fourth death to have been reported this ongoing month.

Of the 230 deaths linked to coronavirus, 180 have been reported thus far in 2021.

The island nation 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. 50 deaths were confirmed in June while 10 deaths were reported in July. In August, five Covid-19 patients succumbed to the virus.

Maldives reported its first Covid-19 fatality in April 2020.