Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced on Tuesday that a COVID-19 patient admitted at the Addu Covid Management Facility has passed away.
HPA identified the deceased as a 74-year-old Maldivian male.
He passed away at 01:10 pm on Tuesday.
“This is the 242nd COVID-19 death in the Maldives,” confirmed HPA in a tweet.
This marks the second COVID-19 death within the last 24 hours – the former of which was also recorded in Addu.
The latest death marks the eighth COVID-19 fatality in Addu.
Maldives has 87,186 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 115 new cases recorded on Tuesday. 85,378 patients have since recovered.
The country currently has 1,553 active cases. 20 of the patients are hospitalized.