Health Protection Agency HPA confirms that a 6th person has died of the Covid-19 virus in the Maldives as the number of confirmed cases surged in the last two days.
In a tweet, HPA said that around 02:30 pm, a 54-year-old Bangladeshi man admitted at Tree Top Hospital has passed away.
This is the 6th person to die of Covid-19 in the country.
Previously, 3 locals and 2 other Bangladeshi nationals have died of Covid-19 in the Maldives. The locals include an 83-year-old woman, an 80-year-old man, and an 88-year-old man. The Bangladeshis who passed away from Covid-19 include a 33-year-old and a 45-year-old, both working in the country.
HPA officials have confirmed that the number of positive cases has now reached 1773 with 1313 active cases of the illness. Authorities also report that 453 people have recovered from the virus in the country.
