A 21-year-old local has succumbed to complications of Covid-19.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) identified the deceased as a 21-year-old man, who is the seventh Covid-19 victim to have been reported so far in February.

Doctors at the Hulhumalé Medical Facility pronounced him dead at around 03:40 pm on Sunday. He was the second Covid-19 fatality reported on Sunday.

This has pushed the Maldives Covid-19 death toll to 283. The total number of Covid-19 fatalities reported this year has also been pushed to 21.

14 victims were confirmed in January.

Sunday’s first Covid-19 victim was a 75-year-old Maldivian woman who was pronounced dead while receiving treatment at the same facility, at around 01:42pm.

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. June saw 50 Covid-19 fatalities, followed by 10 in July. Five Covid-19 fatalities were confirmed in August and in September. 12 Covid-19 fatalities were reported in October followed by seven in November. December also saw 12 Covid-19 fatalities.

212 Covid-19 victims were reported last year.