The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 87,784 after 146 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, 33 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 102 from the atolls and 11 from the resorts.

In the same time frame, 77 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 85,736 with another 1,792 people still in treatment.

There has been 243 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 226 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.