MALE, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A second death related to COVID-19 was reported in Maldives on Tuesday as the country's case count rose to 557, according to state media.
A Bangladeshi national who was diagnosed with COVID-19 suffered a tonic-clonic seizure and died at Maldives' main Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), state-owned Public Service media reported.
Dr. Mohamed Faisham at the IGMH said that the patient was on a ventilator and died during treatment for a ruptured aneurysm. The cause of death is suspected to be high blood pressure.
This is the second COVID-19 related death after an 80-year old patient died last month.
President Ibrahim Solih was quoted in local media saying that the government was working to repatriate 1,500 undocumented migrant workers as many are vulnerable to infection due to poor housing conditions in capital Male.
More than half of Maldives' 557 COVID-19 cases are of migrant workers, and the government has moved to transfer some migrants to state-run facilities while repatriating others in the coming weeks. Enditem
