Addu records 5th COVID-19 death in October

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.