Covid-19: another 1,186 infected patients recover

Covid-19: another 1,186 infected patients recover

September 17, 2021   04:35 pm

The Ministry of Health says that another 1,186 coronavirus patients have been discharged after completing recovery within the last 24 hours. 

This brings the tally of Covid-19 recoveries in the country to 429,776.

Sri Lanka has so far confirmed 498,694 cases of Covid-19 in total while presently 57,101 infected patients are under medical care at hospitals, treatment centers and under home-based care.

The death toll due to the virus in the country is 11,817.

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