Covid-19: 108 new cases, 191 recoveries reported on Tuesday
24 ފެބުރުއަރީ 2021 | ބުދަ 06:2776 of Tuesday's 108 new cases were from the Male' region, a lower count than the average in recent weeks
Rapid Response Team health workers operate out of an ambulance in Male' City | Health Protection Agency
Maldives reported 108 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, as well as 191 recoveries.
The 108 cases were detected from 4,388 samples tested for the infection by authorities between 6pm Monday and 6pm Tuesday. 76 of Tuesday's 108 new cases were detected from the Greater Male' region, which is slightly lower than the number of daily new cases the city has averaged in recent weeks. A further 12 cases were detected from inhabited islands, and 20 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed from operational resorts.
As of now, there are 2,429 active cases of Covid-19 across the Maldives, and 167 persons remain admitted in hospital for care for the infection.
60 persons have died in the Maldives from Covid-19 and related health complications thus far.
An additional 191 recoveries from the infection were reported on Tuesday, bringing the total number of recoveries from Covid-19 observed in the Maldives up to 16,542. A total of 2,429 persons remain in quarantine or isolation due to exposure to the virus.
Young people contribute much of the positive cases of Covid-19 reported in the Maldives thus far. 4,777 youths between the ages of 21 and 30 have thus far tested positive for the infection in addition to 4,814 persons between the ages of 31 and 40. Children also constitute a large percentage of positive cases, with 1,638 children below the age of 10 having contracted Covid-19, and an additional 1,523 young persons between the ages of 11 and 20 also having tested positive for the infection.
Spokesperson for the Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC) Dr. Nazla Rafeeq has confirmed that while the number of new cases being detected remained stable, they had also not decreased. She also said it would take around two or three more weeks before the ease in caseload brought about by stronger restrictions could be observed.
Health authorities have been closely monitoring the state of Covid-19 across the islands of Maldives, and have been holding discussions in relation to what further steps can be taken in order to control the spread of the virus.
