The number of daily COVID-19 cases has dropped below 2,000 as another 1,697 people have tested positive in the past 24 hours. The total number of cases in the country is now at 112,628.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that from 6 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, 677 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 680 from the atolls and 60 from the resorts.

Yesterday marked the highest number of positive cases reported on a single day totalling at 2,199. Since Wednesday, the daily cases have been above 2,000.

In the same time frame, 699 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 100,811 with another 11,535 people still in treatment including 49 people in hospitals.

There have been 269 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 251 locals, 18 foreign nationals. Maldives reported its first COVID-19 related death on 29 April 2020 following the death of an 83-year-old woman.