By: AswathyNair
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 cases rose to 1,921 with 8 more persons testing positive for the coronavirus Wednesday, the Health Ministry said.
According to the Epidemiology Unit report, as of 6 pm Wednesday 515 patients are receiving treatment at hospitals. Another 29 Individuals are currently under investigations in hospitals.
Eleven patients have died while 1,397 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 90,010 PCR tests have been conducted to detect Covid-19 infected persons from February 18 to June 16, according to the Health Promotion Bureau report.
