COLOMBO : The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 184 coronavirus-related deaths for September 06 (yesterday), increasing the official death toll in the country to 10,504.
According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information on Tuesday, September 07, the victims include 97 males and 87 females while four of the deceased, including 1 female, are below the age of 30.
Forty-six of the Covid-19 deaths are individuals between the ages of 30-59 and the remaining 134 are persons aged 60 and above.
The Health Ministry also reported that 1,141 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,964.
This brings the confirmed tally of coronavirus infections reported in the country to 471,863.
A total of 388,278 recoveries have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
As per official data, more than 73,000 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and homes.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka registered 184 new COVID-related fatalities confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Monday (Sep. 06). The new development pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 10,504.