Felivaru Covid-19 cluster grows to 345

The Covid-19 cluster in Felivaru island of Lhaviyani atoll has grown to 345.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that cases being confirmed within the Felivaru island cluster is spiking, since the cluster’s detection led to authorities implementing monitoring mechanism across the entire atoll.

As such, the Head of Atoll Clusters, Abdulla Mauroof revealed that 17 islands across the atoll are currently under monitoring out of which the most infections were detected in Felivaru, Naifaru, Huraa, Hinnavaru and Dhiffushi islands.

345 coronavirus infections have been reported from Felivaru industrial island, where a fish processing plant is located, thus far.

So far, authorities have identified 550 contacts of the Felivaru cases and 750 samples have been collected for Covid-19 testing, from the island thus far.

Currently, Naifaru island has 179 active Covid-19 cases through which 245 contacts have been identified. The number of samples collected for testing from Naifaru is 1,260.

Further, Huraa island has seen cases rise to 138, with 250 being identified as contacts and samples being collected from 572 for testing.

HPA reported the first Covid-19 case in Felivaru on March 27, followed by the immediate implementation of monitoring mechanisms.  Cases linked to the Felivaru cluster have since been identified from islands in Haa Dhaal and Raa atolls as well.

Although there has been a decrease in daily infections being reported across the country’s capital region of recent after a devastating third Covid-19 peak since January, cases have been increasing to alarming degrees across atolls.