The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 72,149 after 253 people have tested positive in the past 24 hours.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 35 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 164 from the atolls.

In the same time frame, 769 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 67,148 with another 4,784 people still in treatment.

There have been 206 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 190 locals, 16 foreign nationals. Maldives reported its first COVID-19 related death on 29 April 2020.