The total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 17,387 after another 186 people tests positive for the illness.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 186 people have tested positive including 162 people in Male' area and 10 from the resorts. HPA did not clarify numbers in terms of locals and foreigners.

In the same time frame, 103 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 15,081 with another 2,243 people still in treatment.

So far, there have been 56 COVID-related fatalities in the Maldives that includes 49 locals, six Bangladeshi nationals and a man from Philippines.