{"id":101645,"date":"2020-04-27T14:57:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T21:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=101645"},"modified":"2020-04-27T14:57:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T21:57:31","slug":"coronavirus-case-tally-at-588-with-65-cases-identified-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/04\/27\/coronavirus-case-tally-at-588-with-65-cases-identified-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus case tally at 588 with 65 cases identified today"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>With four new patients testing positive for the novel coronavirus, the tally of COVID-19 patients identified today (27) has risen to 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the highest number of cases reported in Sri Lanka within a day. On April 26, the country reported 63 infections within 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, the number of coronavirus cases reported from Sri Lanka has now reached 588 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of recoveries reported in Sri Lanka is 126 while 455 patients are currently under medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been 07 fatalities due to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coronavirus cases tally in Sri Lanka at 584<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Three more persons have tested positive with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the Ministry of Health confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new case brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka to 584.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fifty-nine new cases have been identified so far today (27).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of recoveries reported in Sri Lanka is 126 while 451 patients are currently under medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been 07 fatalities due to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Total jumps to 581 with 10 new COVID-19 cases<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten more persons have confirmed to have contracted the virus raising the total number of cases in the country to 581.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the addition of new cases, 58 new cases have been reported as of 6.45 pm today (27).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of recoveries reported in Sri Lanka is 126 while 448 patients are currently under medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been 07 fatalities due to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COVID-19: Four more cases bring total to 571<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Four fresh cases of COVID-19 have been detected a short while ago adding to the total number of coronavirus cases in the country, says Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the addition of new cases, 48 new cases have been reported as of 6.45 pm today (27).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0d9c\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd9\u0db6\u0dc5\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0da7\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dbb\u0ddd\u0db1\u0dcf...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sev-ml1_4A4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, the tally of coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka has gone up to 571 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of recoveries is 126 while 438 patients are currently under medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been 07 fatalities due to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">180 Navy personnel infected with COVID-19<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the COVID-19 infected patients identified from Sri Lanka, 180 are Navy personnel, says Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among them 112 have been identified from the Welisara Navy Base, said Silva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other 68 officers had been reported while on leave in different areas, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forty-four new cases were reported so far today (27) and all of them are navy personnel, the Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, the tally of coronavirus cases reported in the country has gone up to 567 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of recoveries is 126 while 434 patients are currently under medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been 07 fatalities due to COCID-19 in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Covid-19 cases in Sri Lanka climbs to 567<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 567, the Ministry of Health said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly 44 new cases have been reported so far today while all of them are navy personnel, the Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirmed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far 180 navy personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. 112 of them are from the Welisara navy camp while the 68 are navy personnel who were on leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This brings the tally of coronavirus cases reported in the country to 567.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of recoveries is 126 while 434 patients are currently under medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been 07 fatalities due to COCID-19 in Sri Lanka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana With four new patients testing positive for the novel coronavirus, the tally of COVID-19 patients identified today (27) has risen to 65. This is the highest number of cases reported in Sri Lanka within a day. On April 26, the country reported 63 infections within 24 hours. 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