After an alarming increase in daily infections of the Covid-19 pandemic for months, Maldives is starting to observe a steady decline in daily infections being reported, as number of Covid-19 recoveries observed nationwide spike.
According to latest statistics publicized by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), 125 new Covid-19 infections alongside 127 full recoveries from the virus were confirmed between 6pm Sunday and 6pm Monday.
The public health authority revealed that the cases were confirmed through 3,237 samples tested over the past 24 hours.
64 out of the 125 new cases reported in the Maldives were from the Greater Malé Region. It has been over a week since public health authorities have been detecting lower than 100 daily cases from the capital region. 46 of the remaining cases were reported in residential islands and 14 infections were also detected from operational resorts.
An additional coronavirus infection was detected from an industrial island by sundown on Monday.
This has pushed the Maldives Covid-19 case tally to 24,908.
A total of 21,773 coronavirus-stricken patients have observed full recoveries from the infection since it surfaced during March 2020.
Further, active cases have also been dropping despite the daily infections still being above 100 across the nation. As such, the active cases dropped from 3,061 to 3,059 by Monday’s end according to the HPA statistics.
Over the past 24 hours, seven more Covid-19 patients were hospitalized for treatment which means that the number of hospital admissions has risen to 90.
Maldives reported over 1,000 new Covid-19 infections over the past week there was a spike in daily cases nearing the end of the week, with daily cases soaring up to 300 which is the highest it has been since the pandemic surfaced in the country.
Maldives Covid-19 mortality rate is currently at 0.29 percent, with the pandemic having claimed 67 lives thus far, the latest fatality having been reported on March 31 when a 66-year-old man, who was rushed to the Emergency Room of Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) in an unresponsive state, was pronounced dead within minutes.
Authorities reintroduced a curfew in the Greater Malé Region on February 12, in light of the spike in daily infections being reported since January 24. The nearly six-hour curfew was followed by restrictions on vehicle movement from 6pm to 6am for Greater Malé residents. 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 curfew was also dissolved, recently.
On Monday HPA extended the state of public health emergency effective in Maldives from 12 March 2020 by another month, making this the 13th extension. Maldives has been in a state of public health emergency for over a year and the last extension is set to expire on May 4.
Despite the eases stemming from a gradual decrease in Covid-19 cases being reported, authorities continue to urge the public to strictly adhere to the precautionary measures and guidelines in place such as maintaining a safe distance, avoiding social gatherings, maintaining hygiene and following the face mask mandate. This is especially important now as the country heads towards the Local Council and Women's Development Committee elections slated for Saturday.
