After another 38 people test positive for COVID-19 in the Maldives in the past 24 hours raising the total number of cases in the country to 13,049.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 38 people have tested positive including 34 in Male' area and 01 in operational resorts.

In the same time frame, 37 people recovered from COVID-19, totaling the number of recoveries in the country 11,968 with another 1,027 people still in treatment.

So far, there have been 47 COVID-related fatalities in the Maldives that includes 40 locals, seven Bangladeshi nationals and a man from Philippines.