147 new infections of the global Covid-19 pandemic has pushed the country’s total coronavirus case count to 23,671.

According to latest statistics publicized by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), the new infections were confirmed through 3,472 samples collected between 6pm Sunday and 6pm Monday.

65 out of the 147 new cases reported in the Maldives were from the Greater Malé Region. This is the sixth consecutive day daily cases have been below 100 in the capital region. 69 of the remaining cases were reported in residential islands and 10 infections were also detected from operational resorts.

Further, the public health authority also reported one new case from an island under development and two additional Covid-19 cases from industrial islands.

The country has observed a total of 20,839 recoveries from the infection since it surfaced in the island nation during March 2020, with 116 recoveries being reported by Monday’s end.

Maldives active coronavirus infections rose to 2,759 from 2,728 within the past 24 hours, with 93 patients remaining hospitalized for treatment. The public health authority revealed that hospital admissions are currently lower than they were in mid-February, however, they are still higher in comparison to the hospital admissions recorded at the beginning of the ongoing year.

Maldives Covid-19 mortality rate is currently at 0.29 percent, with the pandemic having claimed 66 lives thus far, the latest victim having been reported on March 20.

For over a month, infections have been snowballing and HPA has been raising concern over the mounting caseload, however, the authorities remain resolute to avoid imposing a second lockdown across the capital region.

Authorities reintroduced a curfew in the Greater Malé Region on February 12, in light of the spike in daily infections being reported. The nearly six-hour curfew was followed by restrictions on vehicle movement from 6pm to 6am for Greater Malé residents. On Wednesday the health authority lifted the restrictions on vehicle movement in the capital city, at a time the Director-General of Public Health Maimoona Aboobakuru had hinted that restrictions could be eased in time for the fasting month of Ramadan. The Covid-19 epicenter Malé City was in a state of lockdown during the fasting month last year which was met with public concerns in lieu of difficulties to obtain essentials.

The country remains in a state of public health emergency since 12 March 2020, the last extension is set to expire on April 4.