Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 infections rise to 2,703
Posted on July 18th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana
Another fresh case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Sri Lanka, increasing the total number of patients to 2,703.
This patient, who is from Lankapura area, has been identified as a close associate of the virus-infected person linked to the Kandakadu COVID-19 cluster.
Further, four close contacts of a coronavirus patient linked to the same cluster and an arrival from the Philippines also tested positive earlier today (11).
Thereby, 06 positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected so far within the day.
The Epidemiology Unit says 669 patients infected with the virus are currently being treated at hospitals while 2,023 patients returned to health.