AMN

134 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today. They are all navy personnel and foreign returnees, thus, increasing the total infections tally to 1,453. Those tested positive were undergoing quarantine at different facilities. The country has witnessed the highest daily number of 137 virus cases yesterday.

Out of those cases, 127 were returnees from Kuwait while 10 of them were navy personnel, all under quarantine. No community case has been reported in Sri Lanka for over a month leading to curfew relaxation all over the country. The curfew is in place from 10 PM to 4 AM.

In the meantime, the COVID recoveries reported reached 732 today while the number of active cases who are under medical care stands at 711. Ten persons have died of the pandemic so far.