Health Emergency Operations Center HEOC says authorities have admitted 9 COVID-19 patients in the ICU for critical treatment as the number of active cases of the pandemic keep on rising.
Speaking to reporters last night, HEOC Spokesperson Dr. Fathimath Nazla Rafeeq said that two of the nine patients were being treated at Dharumavantha Hospital 11th floor DH11. She said the other 7 were admitted in the ICU of recently constructed Hulhumale’ Medical Facility.
Dr. Nazla also said that one of these seven patients were currently on ventilator support.
She added that 135 patients were currently admitted in the different wards in special health facilities established across the country with a total of 144 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the country.
Health Protection Agency HPA has confirmed that currently there are 2088 active cases of COVID-19.
It said that 1481 individuals have been placed under isolation at various facilities across the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed 19 lives in the Maldives including 14 locals and 5 foreigners. Most of the locals who died of the pandemic were elderly patients with underlying health conditions. The foreigners who passed away from the illness in the Maldives include 4 Bangladeshi nationals and 1 Filipino national.
