COLOMBO : Sri Lanka has registered 59 more victims of COVID-19 and 2.419 new cases were detected , the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today.
The latest fatalities have moved the death toll from the virus infection to 2,374, according to Government Information Department’s data.
Reportedly, the victims have succumbed to the virus infection on Tuesday (June 15).
As per official data, 38 victims were aged 60 years and above and 20 were aged between 30-59 years with one male aged below 30 years.
Meanwhile, the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 788 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,419.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 230,675.
As many as 194,145 recoveries and 2,315 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic.
The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 34,215 active cases are currently under medical care.
