COLOMBO : A total of 214 Covid deaths and 4,561 new patients were diagnosed positive on Friday,August,27, according to the Ministry of Health.
The total number of people who fell victims to COVID-19 infection has risen to 214 new fatalities on Thursday, August 26,
This is the highest number of deaths reported within a day since the beginning of the pandemic and the second consecutive day the daily fatalities count crossed the grim milestone of 200.
The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 8,371.
According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 120 males and 94 females.
As many as 151 deaths were reported among the elderly people who are aged above 60 years.
In addition, 58 individuals aged between 30-59 years and five people below the age of 30 years have also succumbed to the virus infection.
According to official data, 4,591 novel coronavirus infections in total were detected within the day.
The Government Information Department stated that 4,561 of the latest cases were associated with the New Year Cluster and the remaining 30 have been identified as arrivals from foreign countries.
The new development brought Sri Lanka’s confirmed COVID-19 cases tally to 416,961.
At present, 55,399 active cases are receiving medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and their respective homes.
Meanwhile, the number of total recoveries has reached 353,191 and the death toll now stands at 8,37
