The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 154,511 after another 1,096 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, 338 people tested positive in the Male' area along with 549 from the atolls and 77 from the resorts.

In the same time frame, 1,368 people recovered from COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 138,117 with another 16,095 people still in treatment including 60 people in hospitals.

There have been 286 COVID-related deaths in the Maldives that includes 268 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.