Sri Lanka confirms 2,728 new COVID cases within the day
May 25, 2021 10:21 pm
Daily COVID-19 cases count moved to 2,728 on Tuesday (May 25) as 920 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 169,900.
Government Information Department stated that 2,706 of the new cases reported today were associated with the New Year coronavirus cluster. Twenty-two others were identified as arrivals from foreign countries who are under quarantine.
As many as 141,175 recoveries and 1,269 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
According to official data, up to 27,456 active cases are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres.
