Health Protection Agency (HPA) on Thursday confirmed an additional 17 cases of COVID-19 in the Maldives and 31 new recoveries.
As per the agency, the new cases include 10 Maldivians, six Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian citizen.
✳️ COVID-19 Case Updates
As of 06:00 PM
Confirmed an additional 17 cases of COVID-19 infections in Maldives
– 10 Maldivians
– 6 Bangladeshis
– 1 IndianTotal number of cases: 3,120 pic.twitter.com/J1QUHYuQEu
— Health Protection Agency (@HPA_MV) July 23, 2020
With this development, the total number of positive cases has reached 3120, with 626 active cases. Till date, the country recorded 2,428 recoveries and 15 fatalities.
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 86 to 77 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.
Government offices and businesses including shops, cafe’s and restaurants restarted services on July 1 while authorities reopened Maldives’ borders for tourism on July 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 15.4 million people and claimed over 632,379 lives around the world. However, out of those infected, more than 9.4 million people have recovered.
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