Masha Midhath   28 May 2021 - 03:42 AM
Random sample taking for Covid testing in Male' City. Photo: Shah, Ras Online.
Random sample taking for Covid testing in Male' City. Photo: Shah, Ras Online.
May 27, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported 1,299 additional cases of Covid-19. But HPA has not released any details of the pending results from backlogged pending samples taken earlier this month. HPA is also yet to confirm whether the backlog is cleared or not.

The total positive cases recorded include 799 people infected in the greater Male’ area and 500 people infected outside the greater Male’ area. Out of this, 13 people are positive from operational resorts, and 487 people are positive from inhabited islands.

With additional cases of the Covid-19, confirmed cases in the Maldives have increased up to 60,943 cases, including 25,419 active cases to Covid-19.

So far, HPA has taken 5,167 test samples within the last 24 hours.

HPA also reported that 744 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, which increases the total recoveries to 35,365.

According to HPA, there are 270 patients admitted to hospitals, and the Maldives has recorded 150 deaths from Covid-19 complications.

In addition to this, a total of 308,423 people across the Maldives have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from the nationwide inoculation drive. Out of which, 162,413 people have received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.