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Coronavirus: Sri Lanka reports 2014 COVID-19 cases

By: AswathyNair

Sri Lanka reported 2014 COVID-19 cases with four more persons testing positive for the coronavirus on Friday, the Health Ministry said.

According to the Health Promotion Bureau report, as of 9 am Saturday 384 patients are receiving treatment at hospitals. Another 36 Individuals are currently under investigations in hospitals.

Eleven patients have died while 1,619 patients including the Chinese tourist, who was the first COVID-19 case detected in the country in January, have fully recovered and been discharged from hospitals.

A total of 102,665 PCR tests have been conducted to detect Covid-19 infected persons from February 18 to June 26, according to the Health Promotion Bureau report.

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