Health Protection Agency HPA has confirmed another COVID-19 death in the country.
HPA said that last night at 11:25 pm an 80-year-old Man admitted at Hulhumale' Medical Facility had passed away.
HPA said that this was the 71st COVID-19 death in the Maldives and the 3rd death reported in the country in the past week.
A total of 64 locals and 7 foreigners have now succumbed to the pandemic here in the Maldives where the first COVID-19 death was reported on the 29th of April 2020.
Last night, HPA had reported another 157 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, taking the total number of reported cases past 26,500.
HPA said in a tweet that the new cases include 71 cases confirmed from the Greater Male' Area, 72 from inhabited islands, 12 from operational resorts, and two more cases from industrial islands.
This takes the total number of cases to 26,505.
HPA also reported that currently there are 2,735 active cases of COVID-19 in the country and that the number of hospitalized COVID patients has now spiked to 68.
The Agency confirmed that 23,691 people have recovered from the illness in the country.
