Health Protection Agency has confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 in the Maldives as the country looks set to begin the next year strongly in its fight against the global pandemic.
In a tweet, HPA said that out of the 13 new cases 7 were reported from the Greater Male' Area and that it had confirmed 4 cases from inhabited islands while 2 were reported from operations resorts.
With this, the total number of COVID-19 reported in the Maldives has now reached 13,392.
HPA also said that another 29 people have recovered from the illness on Tuesday and that a total of 12,760 individuals have now recovered from the pandemic here in the Maldives.
HPA noted that the number of active cases of COVID-19 has now dropped from 593 to 577. HPA added that 61 COVID-19 patients remained hospitalized for further treatment.
The Agency had said that 48 people have succumbed to the illness here in the Maldives and that this includes 41 locals and 7 foreigners.
HPA had also said that the number of confirmed cases include 7 deceased positives whose cause of death is not directly due to COVID-19.
