COVID-19: 1,603 new cases, more than 1,000 from Male' City alone

A street in Male' City lays nearly vacant during curfew hours on February 18, 2021. (Sun Photo/Fayaz Moosa)

Health Protection Agency (HPA), has announced 1,603 additional cases of COVID-19.

The new cases mean that the confirmed total cases in the Maldives has now increased to 52,405.

According to HPA, the new cases include; 1,025 cases from the greater Male’ region, 571 cases from residential islands outside Male’, and seven cases from operational resorts.

Meanwhile, 794 additional COVID-19 patients were confirmed to have made full recoveries over the last 24 hours, increasing total recoveries to 31,197.

With the new developments, Maldives now has 21,079 active cases.

There are 286 patients in hospitals.

6,320 samples have been tested for COVID-19 over the last 24-hours.