Maldives’ COVID-19 death toll rises to 161

Maldives has recorded the third COVID-19 fatality this Monday.

The deceased has been identified by Health Protection Agency (HPA) as a 58-year-old Maldivian male.

According to HPA, he was brought to the Emergency Room of Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) in Male’ City.

He was declared dead at 03:00 pm.

“This is the 161st COVID-19 death in the Maldives,” announced HPA.

It also marks the third fatality this Monday alone, following the death of an 83-year-old Maldivian female admitted to Hulhumale’ Medical Facility and the death of a 68-year-old Maldivian male admitted to Dharumavantha Hospital.

This May has seen the highest number of COVID-19 fatalities in Maldives, with over 80 deaths.

Maldives has 63,686 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 780 new cases recorded on Sunday. 39,314 patients have since recovered.

The country currently has 24,205 active cases. 218 of the patients are hospitalized.

With the surge in positive cases and their contacts, health authorities have abandoned tracing all contacts and decided to limit contact tracing in the greater Male’ area to high-risk contacts.

Meanwhile, new restrictions have kicked-in at the capital, and curfews have been imposed in all residential islands outside the capital placed under monitoring.