Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported 246 new cases of Covid-19 today.

The total number of Covid-19 cases is now 70,077 after another 246 people test positive for the illness today.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 246 people have tested positive including 88 people in Male' area and 137 from the atolls. HPA did not clarify numbers in terms of locals and foreigners.

In the same time frame, 2,273 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 58,832 with another 11,041 people still in treatment.

So far, there have been 195 caCOVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 180 locals, 15 foreign nationals.