COLOMBO : As many as 2,428 persons have tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday August 18, the Ministry of Health confirmed.
All new cases are associated with the New Year COVID-19 cluster.
The new development brings the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country thus far to 368,111.
At present, more than 45,000 virus-infected patients are being treated at hospitals and treatment centres across the island.
The tally of total recoveries reached 316,528 today as 2,188 more patients were discharged after returning to health.
Meanwhile, a toll of 170 more COVID-19 related fatalities was confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Tuesday (August 17).
This marks the tenth consecutive day that the daily count of COVID-19 deaths surpassed 100.
The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 6,604.
According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 84 males and 86 females.
None among the victims are aged below 30 years while 40 of them are aged between 30-59 years and 130 others are aged 60 and above.(AD)
