COLOMBO : The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 204 coronavirus related deaths for September 01, increasing the official death toll in the country to 9,604.
According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information Wednesday,September 01, the victims include 109 males and 95 females while five of the deceased, including two females, are below the age of 30.
Fifty of the Covid-19 deaths are individuals between the ages of 30-59 and the remaining 149 are persons aged 60 and above.
Meanwhile, another 854 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, increasing today’s tally of new cases confirmed to 3,627.
This includes 846 new cases associated with the ‘New Year Covid-19 cluster’ and 08 returnees from abroad.
This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases identified in the country thus far to 447,757.
Over 60,000 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment at hospitals, treatment centers and home-based care while total recoveries have risen to 378,168
