<span style="color: #222222;">Maldives recorded its first COVID-19 related death while a whopping 179 people were tested positive on Thursday bringing the total number of cases to 468.<br />''<br />''An 83 year old woman, passed away of health complications as test results came positive for Covid-19 after her death.<br />''<br />''Six persons are in ICU receiving treatment while others have been isolated and kept under observation.<br />''<br />''Among those tested positive on Thursday are 133 Bangladeshi nationals and 32 Indian nationals.<br />''<br />''Bangladeshi nationals who have tested positive for the disease, make up more than half of the total cases in Maldives.<br />''<br />''Expatriate workers mainly from Bangladesh, live in cramped and inadequate living quarters and are identified as being at high-risk of contracting the disease.<br />''<br />''National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) spokesperson Mabrook Azeez said that 95 cases were confirmed from the same location.<br />''<br />''He said  that a total of 23 such living quarters are currently being monitored, and that there are over a thousand people residing in these households.<br />''<br />''Both local and international human rights group had previously expressed concern over the 'inhuman treatment' of migrant workers in the Maldives.</span><br />''<br />