Sri Lanka reports third COVID-19 death
Posted on April 1st, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana
Another patient who tested positive for the Coronavirus has died, marking the third death reported in Sri Lanka due to COVID-19, according to hospital sources.
The patient, a 72-year-old from Maradana, had succumbed to the virus at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDH) in Angoda on Wednesday evening (01).
This bring the number of fatalities in Sri Lanka from the COVID-19 outbreak to 3.
A total of 146 confirmed cases of Coronavirus have been reported in the country as of 5.oo p.m. on Wednesday.
Twenty-one patients have completely reverenced and discharged from hospital while 123 suspected patients are currently under observation at selected hospitals across the country.