203 new cases of Covid-19 were reported across the Maldives on Sunday, with an additional 109 recoveries confirmed from the infection nationwide.

115 of the 203 new cases reported Sunday were from the Male' area, with 70 additional cases reported from inhabited islands, and 18 new cases from operational resorts.

Health authorities tested a total of 3,238 samples for the infection between Saturday and Sunday.

With this, the Maldives total Covid-19 case tally is now 26,348. The active case count had recently topped 3,000, but has since decreased to 2,678. By sundown on Sunday, 60 people remain admitted in hospitals for Covid-19 treatment across the country.

A further 109 recoveries from the infection were reported on Sunday, bringing the total number of recoveries observed for the infection in Maldives up to 23,591.

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 had been decreasing prior to a spike over the weekend on Saturday.

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 70th death from Covid-19 in Maldives. Two deaths linked to the infection were confirmed on Friday, with the most recent death reported Saturday, including which a total of 22 people have died from the infection in Maldives in 2021. With a Covid-19 mortality rate of 0.26 percent, most of those who have passed away after contracting the infection in the island nation are elderly persons.

Public health authorities continue to stress the importance of following Covid-19 health and safety measures set to control transmission of the virus, including social distancing, avoiding public gatherings, maintaining hand hygiene and effective masking while outdoors.