Covid-19 situation worsens in the Maldives as HPA reports 552 new cases today.

The total number of Covid-19 cases is now 68,502 after another 552 people test positive for the illness today.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 552 people have tested positive including 271 people in Male' area and 249 from the atolls. HPA did not clarify numbers in terms of locals and foreigners.

In the same time frame, 1,758 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 49,844 with another 18,462 people still in treatment.

So far, there have been 187 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 172 locals, 15 foreign nationals.