COVID-19: Confirmed cases in Sri Lanka surge past 500
April 26, 2020 10:17 pm
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka hit the grim milestone of 500 on Sunday (26).
As of 9.54 pm today (26), a total of 505 positive COVID-19 cases were detected as 20 more persons tested positive for the virus, the Ministry of Health said.
Accordingly, 45 coronavirus patients have been identified within the day thus far.
Meanwhile, more patients who had contracted the virus recovered today bringing the recoveries tally to 120.
As per the Epidemiology Unit, 378 active cases are under medical care at selected hospitals across the island.
Sri Lanka has reported 7 fatalities from the disease so far.
