The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 85,465 after 71 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, 21 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 43 from the atolls and 6 from the resorts.

In the same time frame, 145 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 83,954 with another 1,264 people still in treatment.

There has been 234 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 217 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.