23 November 2020 01:49 pm
An 82-year-old inmate at the Mahara prison who was serving life imprisonment has died at the Ragama Hospital and confirmed Covid positive.
Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said the first PCR test conducted on the inmate was negative.
The inmate was admitted to the hospital due to health complications.
The second PCR conducted following the death of the inmate, tested positive, he said.