The total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 76,188 after 169 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, 24 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 127 from the atolls and ten people from the resorts.

In the same time frame, 19 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 73,340 with another 2,619 people still in treatment.

There have been 217 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 200 locals, 16 foreign nationals. Maldives reported its first COVID-19 related death on 29 April 2020.