Sri Lanka records 17th death from COVID-19

Sri Lanka records 17th death from COVID-19

October 27, 2020   01:26 pm

Sri Lanka has reported its seventeenth death from the novel coronavirus a short while ago, as per hospital sources.

The deceased is a 41-year-old male residing in the Ja-Ela area.

He had passed away while receiving medical treatment at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Angoda after being admitted on October 24.

Reportedly, the patient had been ailing from Cirrhosis prior to his death

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