Masha Midhath   20 August 2021 - 03:56 AM
August 19, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported 134 additional cases of Covid-19.

The recorded positive cases include 48 people infected in the greater Male’ area and 86 people outside the greater Male’ area. Out of this, 09 people are positive from operational resorts, and 77 people are positive from inhabited islands.

With additional cases of the Covid-19, confirmed cases in the Maldives have increased up to 79,659 cases, including 1,712 active cases to Covid-19.

So far, HPA has taken 6,750 test samples within the last 24 hours.

HPA also reported that 74 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, which increases the total recoveries to 77,713.

According to HPA, there are 16 admitted to hospitals, and the Maldives has recorded 222 deaths from Covid-19 complications.

In addition to this, a total of 359,647 people across the Maldives have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from the nationwide inoculation drive. Out of which, 297,556 people have received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.