Health Protection Agency HPA has reported 186 new cases of COVID-19 in the country as the total number of pandemic cases surpass 22,000 in the Maldives.
HPA said in its daily update that the 186 new cases reported on Thursday include 151 confirmed from the Greater Male' Area, 14 reported from inhabited islands, 20 cases from operational resorts, and 1 case from a safari.
HPA said these new cases take the total COVID-19 cases reported since March 2020 to 22,147.
The Agency also highlighted that there are 2,433 active cases of the pandemic in the country right now and that 121 COVID patients remained hospitalized for further treatment.
HPA confirmed the recovery of 19,642 individuals who had contracted the fast-spreading illness in the country.
The global pandemic has claimed 65 lives here in the Maldives as another patient succumbed to the pandemic in the country today.
HPA had on Thursday extended the restrictive measures it had taken in the Greater Male' Area for another week in order to get a firmer grip on the rampant infection.
This includes both the vehicular ban and the curfew currently in place in the Greater Male' Area while HPA had also extended its ban on public gatherings of more than 5 people in the capital city.
