Coronavirus: 895 new cases confirmed within the day
April 24, 2021 10:25 pm
Ministry of Health on Saturday (April 24) confirmed 69 new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 895.
According to the Department of Government Information, 18 of the newly-detected cases are from the prison cluster. Fifteen others were identified as arrivals from foreign countries.
The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 100,586.
Meanwhile, the country’s recoveries count is at 94,155 while 5,793 active cases are receiving treatment at selected hospitals across the island.
Sri Lanka has so far witnessed a total of 638 fatalities due to the pandemic.
