Maldives on Tuesday recorded the fifth COVID-19 related death in the country.

Speaking during a press conference at the National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC), Spokesperson Mabrouk Azeez noted that an unconscious expat was recently found on the road and that the expat was pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital. The patient tested positive to Covid-19 according to Mabrouk.

Mabrouk said that a Bangladeshi national was taken to IGMH around 10:45pm last night after being found unconscious and that the patient was pronounced on arrival to the hospital. He added that contact tracing is now underway and four have been quarantined so far.

According to Mabrouk, the patient was working with Maldivian company.

Mabrouk added that even though the patient was living with other Bangladeshis, the site was not a containment site.

The death has since been recorded as the fifth COVID-19 death in the Maldives.