After another 23 people test positive for COVID-19 in the Maldives in the past 24 hours raising the total number of cases in the country to 12,009.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 23 people have tested positive including 20 locals and 03 foreigners.

In the same time frame, 40 people recovered from COVID-19, totaling the number of recoveries in the country 11,132 with another 830 people still in treatment.

So far, there have been 40 COVID-related fatalities in the Maldives that includes 33 locals, six Bangladeshi nationals and a man from Philippines.