The total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 23,091 after another 162 people tests positive for the illness.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 162 people have tested positive including 99 people in Male' area and 15 from the resorts. HPA did not clarify numbers in terms of locals and foreigners.

In the same time frame, 80 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 20,439 with another 2,579 people still in treatment.

So far, there have been 66 COVID-related fatalities in the Maldives that includes 59 locals, six Bangladeshi nationals and a man from the Philippines.