By: AswathyNair
Sri Lanka reported 21 new cases by the end of the day Saturday, raising the total number of people contracted the coronavirus to 1089, according to the Health Ministry.
According to the Health Promotion Bureau report updated at 7am Sunday, 420 confirmed patients are receiving treatment at hospitals while 101 individuals are currently under investigations in hospitals.
Nine patients have died while 660 patients including the Chinese tourist, who was the first COVID-19 case detected in the country in January and discharged last month, have fully recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
A total of 53,092 PCR tests have been conducted to detect Covid-19 infected persons from February 18 to May 23, according to the Health Promotion Bureau report.
