9th COVID-19 death reported in Sri Lanka
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on May 5, 2020 - 2:44 pm

Another patient who tested positive for the Coronavirus has died today, marking the 9th death reported in Sri Lanka due to COVID-19.
A 52-year-old female coronavirus patient died while receiving treatment at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Angoda today.
She was a resident of Modara, Colombo.
This bring the number of fatalities in Sri Lanka from the COVID-19 outbreak to 9.
Total Confirmed Cases – 755
Active Cases – 549
New Cases for the day – 4
Observation in hospitals – 145
Recovered & Discharged – 197
Total Deaths – 9
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