COLOMBO : Sri Lanka has registered 28 more victims of COVID-19, Director-General of Health Services confirmed on Tuesday (May 25).
The latest fatalities have moved the country’s death toll to 1,269, according to official data.
Five of the deaths took place on May 25 and the remaining victims have succumbed to the virus infection between the period of May 18 – May 24, the Department of Government Information stated.
Reportedly, 11 of them have been recorded as domestic deaths.
The deceased were identified as residents of Galle, Kalutara, Bulathsinhala, Unawatuna, Horana, Govinna, Galpatha, Hunnasgiriya, Maththaka, Wanchawala, Meepe, Matara, Ahangama, Veveldeniya, Ruwanwella, Meegahathenna, Agalawatta and Dehiattakandiya areas.
COVID pneumonia was recorded as the cause of death of majority of the victims. Some of them also suffered from diabetes, heart diseases, hypertension, sepsis and other complications.
Daily COVID-19 cases count moved to 2,728 on Tuesday,May 25 as 920 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 169,900.
Government Information Department stated that 2,706 of the new cases reported today were associated with the New Year coronavirus cluster. Twenty-two others were identified as arrivals from foreign countries who are under quarantine.
As many as 141,175 recoveries and 1,269 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
According to official data, up to 27,456 active cases are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres.
