One Monaco resident tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, May 17, while 10 were declared fully-recovered.

No residents are being treated as in-patients at Princess Grace Hospital while 11 residents with mild symptoms are recovering at home.

Meanwhile, the infection rate in Monaco based on more than 3,500 tests showed an infection rate on Sunday, May 16, of 36.51 per 100,000 people, down from 57.4 seven days previously. The benchmark figure has also fallen sharply in the neighbouring Alpes-Maritimes, down to 56 on Monday.

FILE PHOTO: A coronavirus testing centre in Nice Reuters