SL records highest daily tally of Covid cases and infection-related fatalities in 2023

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By: Isuru Parakrama

Colombo (LNW): Sri Lanka has reported its highest daily account of Covid-19 cases and infection-related fatalities of 2023 on Saturday (20), with 15 confirmed new infections and 03 deaths registered.

With the new account, the active cases of Covid have risen up to 61, surging the total number of confirmed cases up to 672,357, with 16,864 confirmed Covid-related fatalities total, according to the Epidemiology Unit’s daily situation report.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation reported that Sri Lanka is currently at 80 positions out of 231 countries in terms of the number of cases reported since the pandemic’s inception.

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