116 tested positive today, 25 from Male'

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 92,211 after another 116 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, 25 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 81 from the atolls and 6 from the resorts.

In the same time frame, 102 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 90,205 with another 1,739 people still in treatment.

There have been 254 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 237 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.