COVID-19: Maldives records 648 new cases

A medical worker takes samples from a man during a COVID-19 testing at a makeshift clinic in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional more than 700 new cases Monday amid a surge in infections. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Saturday, announced 648 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the total confirmed cases in Maldives to 164,229.

The agency detailed that from the new cases; 70 are from the greater Male’ region, 485 are from residential islands outside Male’, and 63 cases from operational resorts.

Meanwhile, a total of 958 patients were confirmed to have made full recoveries over the last 24 hours, increasing total recoveries to 148,868.

With these new developments, Maldives now has 15,058 active cases.

HPA also noted that currently, there are 26 patients seeking hospitalized care.

Over the last 24-hours, a total of 3,365 samples were tested for COVID-19, including 919 samples from the greater Male' region. The positivity rate in the greater Male’ area is at eight percent.

Case over-view of the past week

February 19: 648 cases

February 18: 607 cases

February 17: 805 cases

February 16: 1,056 cases

February 15: 1,037 cases

February 14: 1,015 cases

February 13: 1,030 cases

Maldives has recorded 290 COVID-19 fatalities to date.

By Nafaahath Ibrahim

Journalist