Covid-19: 479 new cases push daily count to 2,329

Covid-19: 479 new cases push daily count to 2,329

July 29, 2021   08:25 pm

The Ministry of Health says that another 479 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, increasing today’s tally of new Covid-19 cases to 2,329.

All new cases reported within today are associated with the New Year Covid-19 cluster.  

Meanwhile this pushes the total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported in Sri Lanka thus far to 304,202.

Presently a total of 26,448 patients infected with the virus are undergoing treatment while total recoveries has increased to 273,496. 

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