Daily coronavirus infections count climbs to 744 and 27 deaths
Posted on December 1st, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana
The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 744 today (December 01) as 185 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 564,733.
As many as 540,783 recoveries and 14,372 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 outbreak.
More than 9,500 active cases in total are currently under medical care, official figures showed.
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 26 coronavirus related deaths for November 30, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus pandemic to 14,372.
According to the figures released by the Govt. Information Department, the deaths reported today include 11 males and 15 females.
Eleven of the patients are between the ages 30-59 years while the remaining 15 are in the age group of 60 years and above.