The total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 16,656 after another 109 people tests positive for the illness.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 109 people have tested positive including 78 people in Male' area and 20 from the resorts. HPA did not clarify numbers in terms of locals and foreigners.

In the same time frame, 84 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 14,556 with another 2,039 people still in treatment.

So far, there have been 54 COVID-related fatalities in the Maldives that includes 47 locals, six Bangladeshi nationals and a man from Philippines.