COVID-19 death toll reaches 132 with 3 more deaths

Health Protection Agency (HPA) has announced three more deaths in connection with COVID-19 in the Maldives. 

The death toll has now increased to 132, with more than 55 deaths reported in May alone. 

HPA said that the first fatality was an 81-year old Maldivian male. He was brought into the IGMH Emergency Room and was declared dead at 2:02 in the morning. 

The next death was a 58-year old Maldivian male, admitted at the Hulhumale' Medical Facility.

HPA said that the individual passed away at 4:25 in the morning.

Sun has also managed to confirm that a third death related to the virus was a 77-year old male receiving treatment at the Hulhumale' Medical Facility. 

With the deaths, 132 people have died in relation to the virus. 

Editor's note: The news has been amended to include the third death related to COVID-19 today. The figures related to the total number of deaths as well as the total number of daily deaths have both been amended from the original article to the correct number.