What is COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives?
{{Infobox pandemic | name = COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives | map1 = | legend1 = | disease = [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] | virus_strain = [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]] | location = [[Maldives]] | first_case = Kuredu Resort & Spa | arrival_date = 7 March 2020<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=3|day1=7|year1=2020|month2=|day2=|year2=}}) | origin = [[Wuhan]], [[China]], via [[Italy]] | recovery_cases = 74,598 | deaths = 221 | confirmed_cases = 77,432 | active_cases = 2,601 | fatality_rate = {{percentage|221|77432|2}} <!-- 2: number of decimal digits --> | website = {{url|https://covid19.health.gov.mv/en}} }} The '''COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives''' is part of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|worldwide pandemic]] of [[coronavirus disease 2019]] ({{nowrap|COVID-19}}) caused by [[severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus&nbsp;2]] ({{nowrap|SARS-CoV-2}}). The virus was confirmed to have spread to the [[Maldives]] on 7 March 2020. It was spread by a 69-year-old Italian tourist who had returned to Italy after spending holidays in Kuredu [[Resort]] & Spa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maldives confirms first two coronavirus cases; two resort islands locked down |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/maldives-confirms-first-two-coronavirus-cases-two-resort-islands-locked-down/articleshow/74535526.cms |newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=11 March 2020 |date=8 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319211647/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/maldives-confirms-first-two-coronavirus-cases-two-resort-islands-locked-down/articleshow/74535526.cms |archive-date=19 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hussain|first=Moosa|date=June 7, 2020|title=Management of the first severe case of COVID-19 in the small islands of Maldives|journal=Respiratory Medicine Case Reports|volume=30|p