Daily COVID infections on Tuesday hits 226

Daily COVID infections on Tuesday hits 226

April 13, 2021   10:41 pm

(UPDATED) Sri Lanka has confirmed 73 more new cases of the COVID-19 on Tuesday (April 13), as the daily cases count reached 226.

Forty-one of the latest positive cases have been identified as arrivals from foreign countries and 10 others were detected from the prison cluster, the Department of Government Information said.

The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 95,620.

As per statistics, 3,092 active cases are still under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres in the country.

Total recoveries from the virus infection have reached 91,926 while the death toll stands at 602.

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