Total recoveries from COVID-19 rise to 2,012

Total recoveries from COVID-19 rise to 2,012

July 17, 2020   01:00 pm

The Ministry of Health confirmed that 05 more patients infected with COVID-19 have made complete recoveries today (17).

Two of these recoveries are reported from the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), 02 from Iranawila Hospital and 01 from the Minuwangoda Base Hospital, according to the situation report issued by the Epidemiology Unit.

Thereby, total recoveries from Covid-19 increased to 2,012.

In the meantime, Sri Lanka’s coronavirus infections tally currently sits at 2,687.

According to the Epidemiology Unit, 664 active cases are currently medical care at selected hospitals.

Sri Lanka has witnessed 11 deaths from the virus so far.

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