COVID-19: Maldives death toll at 290

Health Protection Agency (HPA) on Thursday announced an additional COVID-19 related fatality in Maldives.

As per the agency, the deceased was a 92-year-old Maldivian female who was admitted at the Gdh. Covid Management Facility. She passed away at 03:27 am.

“This is the 290th COVID-19 death in the Maldives,” confirmed HPA in a tweet.       

Moreover, it marks the 13th death so far in February. 

The highest COVID-19 deaths in a single month were recorded during the Delta wave in May last year. Maldives recorded 89 deaths in May 2021, including 13 deaths in a single day. 

Maldives was hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases last January, fueled by the new and more contagious omicron variant. The numbers have since begun to come down.