COLOMBO : The toll of the people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up to 82 more fatalities, Director-General of Health Services confirmed on Thursday (Sep. 23).
The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,530.
As per the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 51 males and 31 females.
As many as 61 deaths were reported among the elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 21 individuals aged between 30-59 years have also fallen victim to the virus infection.
It was also reported that another 923 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday, September 24.
All new cases are associated with the ‘New Year Covid-19 cluster’.
This increases the total number of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 510,963.
Currently a total of 45,741 infected patients are under medical care at hospitals, treatments centers and under home-based care.
Sri Lanka’s total recoveries has risen to 452,692.
