Another local has succumbed to complications of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that the death was reported at 7:50am on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as a 97-year-old man who was receiving treatment at the Addu Covid Management Facility.

With this, Maldives Covid-19 death toll has risen to 233.

This is the second death to have been reported this ongoing month, the first was reported in the early hours of October 4, when a 54-year-old Maldivian man receiving treatment at Hulhumalé Medical Facility passed away.

Of the 233 deaths linked to coronavirus, 183 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. September saw five deaths linked to coronavirus.

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