Covid-19: number of recoveries reaches 46

Six more people have recovered from the coronavirus disease in the Maldives.

With this development, the country has seen a total of 46 recoveries thus far. Eight recoveries were reported on Wednesday.

As per the Health Ministry’s Covid-19 Dashboard, which is yet to be updated following the six new recoveries, the country’s recovery rate is at 4.13 percent.

While the country has announced 982 Covid-19 cases thus far, there have been four fatalities and three are currently placed on ventilators.

The fourth Covid-19 death was reported on Wednesday night; an 88-year-old man who was placed on a ventilator passed away at around 11:15pm, according to authorities. He was the husband of the country’s first Covid-19 victim.