Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll exceeds 3,000

Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll exceeds 3,000

June 29, 2021   07:34 pm

The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 45 more COVID-19 related fatalities that have occurred yesterday (June 28).

The new development has pushed the official death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 3,030.

According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the new victims confirmed today include 24 females and 21 males.

One of them is aged below 30 years, twelve victims are between 30-59 years and the remaining 32 are aged 60 and above.

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