Health Protection Agency HPA confirms that 37 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 today.

In a tweet, HPA said these 37 individuals include 15 locals, 19 Bangladeshis and 3 Indians.

This takes the total number of positive cases to 1143.

Authorities have said that the number of positive individuals are expected to be higher as most samples are pending.

80 people have recovered from the illness, most of them locals.

Four people have died of Covid-19, including 3 locals and a Bangladeshi national.

Heath experts have said that the Maldives was currently experiencing a mini surge of the infection and that it would hit a peak in the coming days.