The total number of COVID-19 cases in Faafu Atoll Nilandhoo has risen to four after two more people tests positive.

Health Emergency Operation Center (HEOC) said that two women of the ages 36 and 56 confirmed positive on the test before releasing from home quarantine.

Earlier today HEOC said that local men of the ages 30 and 43 in home quarantine on the island has tested positive and were confirmed positive on the test before releasing from home quarantine.

The island was place under a monitoring status to conduct contact tracing after the first two cases.