The country's total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 74,724 after 139 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, 26 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 81 from the atolls.

In the same time frame, 355 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 71,567 with another 2,932 people still in treatment.

There have been 213 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 196 locals, 16 foreign nationals. Maldives reported its first COVID-19 related death on 29 April 2020.