Covid-19: 53 new cases, 93 recoveries reported on Sunday

Maldives Covid-19 tally has reached 10,098.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) discovered 53 additional cases of the virus on Sunday, out of which 47 cases were detected in the greater Malé region and six in residential islands.

According to the latest statistics, 42 Maldivians and 11 foreigners tested positive for the virus on Sunday.

In addition, 93 coronavirus-stricken patients are to have made full recoveries by 6pm, Sunday, pushing the total number of recoveries to 8,847.

With this development, the country currently has 1,210 active cases of the virus out of which 620 patients remain in isolation facilities. The number of hospitalized patients has dropped to 83 from 84.

HPA went on to reveal that there are active cases in 19 residential islands and 23 resorts with the inclusion of 12 tourists and 30 resort workers. There are a total of 35 active Covid-19 cases in residential islands, including 31 Maldivians and four foreigners.

Three islands remain under monitoring; Hoandedhdhoo island in Gaaf Dhaal atoll and Kulhudhuffushi City and Nolhivaram island in Haa Dhaal atoll.

Eight patients are still receiving treatment at the Villingili Covid Facility, according to the public health authority.

Over the last one week period, the most number of cases were reported on Friday, at 75. The lowest daily rise in cases last week was reported the following day, at 31.

The global pandemic which surfaced in China’s Wuhan City in December 2019, surfaced in the Maldives on March 7 and authorities were quick to respond with precautionary measures. Upon the discovery of a community spread in the country’s populous capital, the government immediately imposed a full lockdown in the region, which drew out for a little over three months.

After the public health authorities announced that the lockdown has been effective in controlling the spread of the virus, the government entered a lockdown ease plan in late May. However, case numbers began escalating once again after the authorities entered the third phase of lockdown easing, and the virus began spreading vastly in residential islands through travelers from the epicenter, Malé City.

Since then, authorities have introduced new measures, but remains resolute to avoid introducing a second lockdown.