Maldives reports first COVID-19 death
Health Minister Abdulla Ameen said Thursday that the victim was an 83-year-old woman from the capital Male'.
First cases of COVID-19 were reported at tourist resorts in this Indian Ocean archipelago state and authorities for sometime kept it from spilling over into the community.
However, there is now a sudden spike in the number of patients in the capital island as well as far off islands with no traceable source of infection. (AP) AMSAMS