COVID-19: 141 new cases; 1,601 active cases

Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Wednesday, announced 141 additional cases of COVID-19, increasing confirmed cases in Maldives to 84,720.      

According to HPA, the 141 new cases include; 29 cases from the greater Male’ region, 108 cases from residential islands outside Male’, and 4 cases from operational resorts. 

Meanwhile, 106 additional COVID-19 patients were confirmed to have made full recoveries over the last 24 hours, increasing total recoveries to 82,875.    

With the new developments, Maldives now has 1,601 active cases.      

There are 19 patients in hospitals.      

4,410 samples have been tested for COVID-19 over the last 24-hours, including 1,518 from the greater Male' region. The positivity rate in the greater Male’ area is at 2 percent. 

With the 141 new infections this Wednesday, 703 people have tested positive over the last one-week period.   

September 29: 141 cases 

September 28: 95 cases 

September 27: 122 cases 

September 26: 72 cases 

September 25: 126 cases 

September 24: 61 cases 

September 23: 86 cases 

Maldives has recorded 231 COVID-19 deaths.