Covid-19 situation worsens in the Maldives as HPA reports 1,216 new cases today.

The total number of Covid-19 cases is now 41,308 after another 1,216 people test positive for the illness today.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 1,216 people have tested positive including 1,013 people in Male' area and 201 from the atolls. HPA did not clarify numbers in terms of locals and foreigners.

As per HPA, 0ut of the 1,216 cases being reported today, 836 cases are positive cases from samples collected between 6pm of 12th May and 6pm of 13th May.

In the same time frame, 305 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 27,428 with another 13,785 people still in treatment.

So far, there have been 87 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 74 locals, 11 foreign nationals.