COVID-19 cases leap to 823 with 18 new patients
Posted on May 7th, 2020

Courtesy Adaderana

Eighteen more persons were confirmed to have contracted the COVID-19 virus as of 11.55 pm on Thursday (07), while Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 cases count soared to 823.

With the detection of 18 new positive cases, the total number of patients who tested positive for coronavirus within the day has risen to 26.

In the meantime, coronavirus recoveries tally in the country has moved up to 232.

The Epidemiology Unit says that 582 active cases are currently under medical care at selected hospitals across the country.

The country’s death toll from COVID-19 stands at 09.

Sri Lanka saw the highest daily surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases on April 27, with 65 new infections. The tally went up from 523 to 588 just within 24 hours

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