MALE, May 11 (NNN-PSM) – The Maldives has recorded 1,204 new cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of cases to 37,019, local media, citing the Health Protection Agency (HPA), reported here, today.
Among the new cases, 961 were detected in the capital region of Greater Male, and 235 in inhabited islands.
The total number of active cases stood at 10,376, and 244 remained hospitalised.
Meanwhile, local media, the Times of Addu, citing the HPA, reported that 65 percent of intensive care units at the Dharumavantha Hospital are currently occupied by patients below the age of 40.
The Health Emergency Operations Centre said that more children are testing positive for the virus amid the ongoing fourth wave.– NNN-PSM
