The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 81,979 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, 53 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 96 from the atolls and 20 from the resorts.

In the same time frame, 114 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 79,683 with another 2,057 people still in treatment.

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.