Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Sunday, announced the 66th COVID-19 related death in the Maldives.
As per the agency, a 66-year-old Maldivian male was brought to IGMH Emergency in an unresponsive state. He was declared dead at 2045 hrs.
This marks the 66th local to have succumbed to the virus in the Maldives. The remaining fatalities consist of seven expatriates, including six Bangladeshi nationals and one Filipino citizen.
Currently, the island nation records a total of 22,373 virus cases of which 2,410 are active cases, in addition to 19,897 recoveries and 65 deaths.
After a long period of recording low numbers towards the end of 2020, Maldives is now experiencing its third wave of pandemic, with the introduction of the United Kingdom’s highly contagious virus variant.
With the sudden spike in numbers, HPA introduced a new curfew, which prohibits civilians from roads and public spaces between 2300 to 0430 hrs, while vehicle movements are banned between 1800 to 0600 hrs.
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