The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has confirmed 74 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the Maldives.
At a press conference on Sunday afternoon, HPA’s epidemiologist Dr. Ibrahim Afzal said Maldives has tested 1,194 samples for Omicron and 74 of which have come back positive for the variant.
He also said that 51 out of 100 samples sent overseas for testing on January 11 tested positive for Omicron.
Maldives is currently experiencing its highest peak in COVID-19 cases with more than 2,300 cases recorded yesterday alone.
