COLOMBO : The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry announced that another 761 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,906. A total of 46 deaths were also reported raising the total fatalities to 1,178.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 161,242.
As many as 126,995 recoveries and 1,132 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic.
The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 33,115 active cases are currently under medical care.
