Sri Lanka reports 2,222 more Covid-19 recoveries

Sri Lanka reports 2,222 more Covid-19 recoveries

August 23, 2021   03:59 pm

The Ministry of Health reports that another 2,222 patients who were being treated for Covid-19 infections have recovered and have been discharged within the last 24 hours. 

This increases the country’s total Covid-19 recoveries to 344,381 while the current number of infected patients under medical care and home-based care is 38,253. 

Sri Lanka has thus far confirmed a total of 390,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus while the death toll from the virus has risen to 7,366.

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