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Maldives Covid-19 total surpasses 700 with 86 new cases
Country's cases total rises to 734
Aishath Shaany, Raajje.mv | 8 މެއި 2020 | ހުކުރު 12:33
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Nearly 100 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in the Maldives.
Health Protection Agency (HPA) confirmed 86 new cases on Friday evening.
New cases include; 67 Bangladeshis, 14 Maldivians, three Indians and one each from Sri Lanka and Nepal.
HPA added that these also include “samples from active surveillance of vulnerable homes”.
While this pushes the country’s Covid-19 case count to 734, 20 have recovered thus far. There have been three Covid-19 related deaths thus far.
