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COVID-19: Maldives records 67 more cases, 13 recoveries

Health Protection Agency (HPA) on Monday, announced that 67 more individuals tested positive for COVID-19 in Maldives, while 13 additional patients recovered from the disease.

According to the agency, the new cases include 43 Maldivians, 14 Bangladeshi nationals, six Indian citizens, three Indonesians and a single American.

With this development, the total number of positive cases has reached 3,369, with 792 active cases. Till date, the country recorded 2,547 recoveries and 15 deaths.

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

After recording low numbers for several weeks, the recent spike of virus cases has reduced the total amount of recovered patients from the peak 86 to 76 per cent.

The number of COVID-19 cases increased after the state initiated efforts to steer the country towards a ‘new normal’ with the phased easing of lockdown restrictions across the Greater Male’ Region.

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 16.5 million people and claimed over 653,974 lives around the world. However, out of those infected, more than 10.1 million people have recovered.

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