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Saturday 23 Nov 2024
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People exit Hulhumale' Cemetery after a funeral for a COVID-19 victim on June 7, 2021. (Sun Photo/Fayaz Moosa)
Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced on Thursday that a COVID-19 patient admitted at the Addu Covid Management Facility has passed away.
HPA identified the deceased as an 81-year-old Maldivian female.
She passed away at 02:13 am on Thursday.
“This is the 243rd COVID-19 death in the Maldives,” confirmed HPA in a tweet.
The latest death marks the ninth COVID-19 fatality in Addu – coming after two deaths were recorded in the Addu Covid Management Facility on Tuesday. Five of the COVID-19 deaths in Addu were recorded this October.
Maldives has 87,359 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 173 new cases recorded on Thursday. 85,453 patients have since recovered.
The country currently has 1,651 active cases. 26 of the patients are hospitalized.
