COVID-19 recoveries rise to 80

Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Tuesday, announced six more COVID-19 patients have made full recoveries.

The new recoveries were announced by HPA via its dashboard.

It increases total recoveries to 80.

Total COVID-19 cases in Maldives currently stand at 1,078.

Four have died from complications.

The capital Male’ City remains the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Maldives, contributing to over 1,000 of the total infections.

The Greater Male’ Region has been under lockdown since April 15, when the capital had identified its first infection.

Maldives has also imposed a nationwide ban on all non-essential travel, closed schools and government offices, and has ordered a temporary ban on mass gatherings in mosques in an effort to control the spread of the disease.

Health authorities project a significant surge in virus cases by the end of May.