26 May 2021 11:40 pm
A total of 29 COVID-19 related deaths were reported bringing the death toll to 1,298, the Government Information Department said.
It said a 20-year-old girl was among the deceased who passed away due to Cardio Pulmonary arrest followed by hypoxia worsened by cardiopulmonary abnormalities and COVID 19 respiratory tract infection.
She was undergoing treatments in General Hospital Badulla.