COVID-19: 67 yr old passes away, 20th virus death

Health Protection Agency (HPA) has announced the death of a 67-year old Maldivian male infected with COVID-19.

The time of death is recorded as 12:12. The individual was taken to IGMH on August 10, 2020, according to HPA. This is the 20th death in relation to COVID-19 in the Maldives.

The Maldives has confirmed 5,157 cases of COVID-19 in total and has a total of 2,303 active cases currently.

116 new infections were confirmed yesterday. A total of 864 people have tested positive over the last one-week period.

There are 1,452 patients in isolation facilities and 145 in hospitals. 89,555 samples, including repeated samples, have been taken by health authorities to conduct coronavirus tests.