COVID-19 fatality count in Sri Lanka reaches 215

January 4, 2021 09:34 pm

The Director-General of Health Services confirms that Sri Lanka’s fatality count from COVID-19 has risen with 02 more deaths caused by the virus.

Two men, both residents of Ratnapura, have succumbed to the virus pushing the COVID-19 death count to 215.

A 71-year-old man had passed away at the Ratnapura Teaching Hospital on January 02. The cause of his death has been determined as a respiratory infection caused by COVID-19 and a complication of a lung infection.

The other victim is a 86 year old male who had succumbed to COVID-19 related pneumonia and epilepsy. He had passed away at his home on January 01.

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