Daily count of Covid-19 cases in Sri Lanka moves to 740 and reports another 27 coronavirus deaths
Posted on November 25th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana
The Health Ministry reported that another 211 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, increasing the daily count of new cases to 740.
Six of the new cases are returnees from overseas while the other 205 cases are associated with the New Year COvid-19 cluster.
This increases the total number of Covid-19 cases registered in the country to 560,345 while presently a total of 17,713 infected patients are undergoing treatment island-wide.
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 27 coronavirus related deaths for November 24, pushing the country’s death toll due to the virus pandemic to 14,232.
The deaths include 19 males and 08 females while seven of the victims are between the ages 30-59 years. The remaining 20 are in the age group of 60 years and above.