Covid-19: 58 new cases, 185 recoveries reported Tuesday
32 of the 58 new cases reported were from the Male' area, along with 11 cases each from inhabited islands and operational resorts
Less than 60 new Covid-19 cases were reported across the Maldives on Tuesday, the first day of the fasting month of Ramazan
58 new cases of Covid-19 were reported across the Maldives on Tuesday, with an additional 185 recoveries confirmed from the infection nationwide.
36 of the 58 new cases reported Tuesday were from the Male' area, with 11 additional cases reported from inhabited islands, and 11 new cases from operational resorts.
Health authorities tested a total of 2,645 samples for the infection between Monday and Tuesday.
With this, the Maldives total Covid-19 case tally is now 25,759. The active case count had recently topped 3,000, but has since decreased to 2,702. By sundown on Tuesday, 62 people remain admitted in hospitals for Covid-19 treatment across the country.
A further 185 recoveries from the infection were reported on Tuesday, bringing the total number of recoveries observed for the infection in Maldives up to 22,981.
With several islands placed under monitoring, Covid-19 health and safety restrictions are being strengthened across the Maldives in order to control transmission of the virus. The Health Protection Agency has been steadily easing measures in the Greater Male' region, where the number of new cases being detected has decreased significantly in recent days.
As the fasting month of Ramazan is now underway, authorities have been working to control Covid-19 transmissions without initiating a city-wide lockdown. The curfew and vehicle movement restriction order in effect across the nation's capital was also dissolved recently.
However, the state of public health emergency across the country has been extended for another month until 4 May, with authorities most recently having confirmed the 67th death from Covid-19 in Maldives. With a Covid-19 mortality rate of 0.29 percent, most of those who have passed away after contracting the infection in Maldives are elderly persons.
