Masha Midhath   21 March 2021 - 03:35 AM
Random sample taken for Covid testing in Male' City. Photo: Shah, Ras Online.
Random sample taken for Covid testing in Male' City. Photo: Shah, Ras Online.
March 20th, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) of the Maldives has reported 81 additional cases of Covid-19 within 24 hours.

The total positive cases recorded include 52 people infected in the greater Male’ area and 29 people infected outside the greater Male’ area. Out of this, 07 people are positive from operational resorts and 22 people are positive from inhabited islands.

With additional cases of the Covid-19, confirmed cases in the Maldives have increased up to 22,373 cases, including 2,404 active cases to Covid-19.

So far, HPA has taken 603,871 test samples for Covid-19, while HPA has taken 4,886 test samples within the last 24 hours.

HPA also reported that 124 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, which increases the total recoveries to 19,897.

According to HPA, there are 107 patients admitted to hospitals, and the Maldives has recorded 65 deaths from Covid-19 complications.

As per the recent statistics, 218,645 people across the Maldives have received the Covid-19 vaccine from the nationwide inoculation drive.

According to HPA, 559 people received the Covid-19 vaccine from outside the greater Male’ region, in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, vaccination of the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in the greater Male’ region is currently on halt.