On Monday Maldives reported the highest daily rise in Covid-19 infections since the pandemic surfaced in the island nation on 7 March 2020, with which Maldives Covid-19 tally has surpassed the 28,000-mark.

Latest statistics publicized by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) reveal that a total of 328 new infections were reported nationwide between 6pm Sunday and 6pm Monday.

Of this 167 were confirmed from the Greater Malé Region, 127 from residential islands and 10 from operational resorts. Further, an additional 24 new infections were confirmed in industrial islands.

Healthcare officials tested 3,252 samples for the coronavirus pandemic over the past 24 hours, of which 328 came back positive for the infection.

With this development Maldives Covid-19 tally currently sits at 28,202.

The number of recoveries from Covid-19 reported across the Maldives increased to 24,421 with 112 recoveries reported between 6pm Sunday and 6pm Monday.

The number of active infections nationwide rose to 3,701 from 3,549 by Monday’s end.

Over the past 24 hours, three more Covid-19 patients were hospitalized for treatment, meaning that the number of hospital admissions has risen to 126.

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 71 victims in the Maldives thus far.

The Covid-19 caseload began decreasing at a time Maldives drove through a devastating third peak of the virus during the past few months, which led to the reintroduction of a curfew and vehicle movement restrictions across the Covid-19 epicenter Malé City and several measures nationwide.

Daily cases being reported began declining soon after, leading to the curfew and some restrictions being dissolved, however, daily infections have been recorded over 100 for a few days, rising up to 300 since the past weekend.

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.

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.