The number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the Maldives has risen to 3,175 after 55 more people tested positive for the ill in the past 24 hours.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 31 Maldivians have tested positive along with 21 Bangladeshi nationals, two Indian nationals and a Sri Lankan national.

HPA said that among those under treatment, 70 people have recovered in the same time period raising the number of total recoveries in the country to 2,498. There are 647 people still in treatment in the Maldives.

Information released by the HPA show that the quarantine facilities are empty but there are 531 people at the isolation facilities.

In the Maldives, 15 people have passed away due to complications with COVID-19 which includes ten Maldivians, four Bangladeshi nationals, a man from Philippines. The deceased include nine elderly Maldivians.