72 people recovered from COVID-19, total recoveries to 79,340

Another 72 people have recovered from COVID-19 in the Maldives.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 72 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 79,340 with another 1,895 people still in treatment.

In the same time frame, 68 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 89 from the atolls and 16 from the resorts. And so the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 81,474.

There has been 226 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 209 locals, 17 foreign nationals. Maldives reported its first COVID-19 related death on 29 April 2020 following the death of an 83-year-old woman.