Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported 241 new cases of Covid-19 today.

The total number of Covid-19 cases is now 71,136 after another 241 people test positive for the illness today.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 241 people have tested positive including 90 people in Male' area and 143 from the atolls. HPA did not clarify numbers in terms of locals and foreigners.

In the same time frame, 647 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 63,180 with another 7,747 people still in treatment.

So far, there have been 200 caCOVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 185 locals, 15 foreign nationals.