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COVID-19: HPA confirms first fatality outside Male’ area, death toll hits 31

Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Wednesday, confirmed the 31st COVID-19 related death in the Maldives, and the first fatality outside the Greater Male’ region.

According to the agency, the deceased was a 58-year-old Maldivian male from Kelaa, Haa Alif Atoll, who was undergoing treatment for cancer while under home quarantine.

He succumbed to death at Kulhudhuffushi Regional Hospital (KRH) in Haa Dhaalu Atoll, after being transferred to the medical facility from Kelaa for treatment.

Although he passed away at 2015 hrs on Tuesday, HPA confirmed his death almost 24 hrs later, at 2003 hrs on Wednesday, announcing the second virus death within the span of one hour.

Just prior to confirming the 31st death, HPA revealed that a 60-year-old local admitted at Hulhumale’ Medical Facility had passed away at 1824 hrs on Wednesday.

With these developments, 25 locals have now succumbed to the virus in the island nation. The remaining fatalities include five Bangladeshi nationals and a Filipino citizen.

The Maldives currently records a total of 8,741 virus cases of which 2,549 are the active case, in addition to 6,157 recoveries and 31 deaths.

In addition to the Greater Male’ region, active virus cases are currently present in 25 inhabited islands as well as 23 resorts across the archipelago.

During the last month, authorities tightened the safety measures implemented in the Greater Male’ region, following an alarming upsurge of COVID-19 cases after the state initiated efforts to steer the country towards a ‘new normal’ with the phased easing of lockdown restrictions.

Authorities have stated that the effects of implementing stricter measures will be reflected in the case numbers towards the end of the month.

After a long period of recording over 100 daily cases, the numbers have slipped down to two-digits during the past three days.

As one of the most densely populated cities in the world, Maldives’ capital Malé continues to record a significant number of COVID-19 cases, similar to the first weeks following the first confirmed local transmission on April 15.

On March 12, WHO classified the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. To date, the new strain of novel coronavirus has infected over 27.7 million people and claimed over 902,700 lives around the world. However, out of those infected, more than 19.8 million people have recovered.

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