Total number of COVID-19 deaths rise to 1,051

COLOMBO: The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that Sri Lanka has reported 36 more deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday,

Accordingly, the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka has risen to 1,051.

Sri Lanka marked its highest count of coronavirus cases reported within a day as another 540 positive cases, the Department of Government Information confirmed.

Thereby, the current daily count sits at 3,591.

Sri Lanka has reported a total of 151,311 coronavirus cases so far and 27,929 of them are currently receiving medical care at selected hospitals and intermediate treatment centers across the island.

Meanwhile, a total of 122,367 have recovered from the virus, as per the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health.