Sri Lanka records 454 more COVID-19 recoveries

Sri Lanka records 454 more COVID-19 recoveries

March 8, 2021   07:09 pm

The Ministry of Health says that another 454 patients who had previously tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and discharged from the hospital within the last 24 hours.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 recoveries in the country to 82,513.

A total of 85,871 cases of coronavirus have been reported in Sri Lanka so far while 2,856 of them are currently under medical care.

Sri Lanka’s death toll due to the virus stands at 502.

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