The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 77,432 after 123 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, 21people tested positive in the Male' area along with 82 from the atolls, 20 from the resorts, six from resorts under development and one person from an industrial island.

In the same time frame, 117 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 74,598 with another 2,601 people still in treatment.

There has been 221 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 204 locals, 17 foreign nationals. Maldives reported its first COVID-19 related death on 29 April 2020.