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663 Coronavirus cases as of today

By UGC Editor

May 01, 2020

Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry’s Epidemiology Unit says the country’s Coronavirus count currently stands at 663 cases as of Today with 14 new cases being reported since yesterday.

According to health authorities, four of the new confirmed cases were identified early on in the day and were kept under observation at the Oluvil Quarantine Center and they were from Ja Ela Suduwella.

18 patients were discharged today from the hospitals, bringing the total number of recoveries to 154.

At present, 502 corona positive patients are being treated at hospitals and another 187 persons are under observation, suspected of having contracted the virus.