13 more Covid-19 cases confirmed in Maldives capital
21 އެޕްރީލު 2020 | އަންގާރަ 07:15All individuals will be transferred to an isolation facility
Testing for Covid-19 in IGMH
The number of Covid-19 cases in Maldives capital, Malé City has reached 62.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) made the reveal via Twitter on Tuesday morning, adding that five of the new cases are Bangladeshi nationals while eight of them are Maldivian patients.
With this development, the country’s total number of confirmed cases has reached 82.
Authorities are working to trace the contacts of the newly discovered patients, patients 70 to 82, and they are currently being transferred to an isolation facility.
At a press conference held in the afternoon, Dr. Ibrahim Afzal revealed details of the 13 cases, as well as of the two cases (Patients 68 and 69) reported early Tuesday morning;
Several new cases have been emerging on a daily basis since the first case of a community transmission was unfolded on 15 April. Following this, authorities declared a lockdown across the Greater Malé Region for a 24-hour, which was later extended to a fortnight on Friday.
