Masha Midhath   06 September 2021 - 03:35 AM
September 05, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported 169 additional cases of Covid-19.

The recorded positive cases include 53 people infected in the greater Male’ area and 116 people outside the greater Male’ area. Out of this, 20 people are positive from operational resorts, and 96 people are positive from inhabited islands.

With additional cases of the Covid-19, confirmed cases in the Maldives have increased up to 81,979 cases, including 2,057 active cases to Covid-19.

So far, HPA has taken 5,120 test samples within the last 24 hours.

HPA also reported that 114 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, which increases the total recoveries to 79,683.

According to HPA, there are 24 admitted to hospitals, and the Maldives has recorded 226 deaths from Covid-19 complications.

In addition to this, a total of 385,855 people across the Maldives have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from the nationwide inoculation drive. Out of which, 303,667 people have received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.