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Covid-19 cases rise to 755

05 May 2020

Four more persons tested positive for Covid-19 today, raising the total number of cases in the country to 755. 33 persons tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday. Out of these positive cases 31 are from the Welisara Navy Camp & 2 are their relatives. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health confirmed the country’s eighth Covid-19 death yesterday (4). Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe stated that a 72-year-old woman, a coronavirus-infected patient, had died while receiving treatment at the Homagama Hospital yesterday. The deceased was a resident of Polpithigama in Kurunegala. She had been suffering from kidney ailments prior to death, said the Ministry. She is the first female to die from Covid-19 in Sri Lanka. According to reports, her remains were cremated at the Kotikawatte Cemetery yesterday.  


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