75 people recovered from COVID-19, total recoveries to 85,453

Another 75 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, 75 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 85,453 with another 1,651 people still in treatment.

In the same time frame, 27 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 137 from the atolls and 9 from the resorts. And so the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 87,359.

There has been 242 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 225 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.