Five more die of COVID-19: Death toll increases to 489

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The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 489 with five more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services, the Government Information Department said.

Accordingly, a 53-year-old female from Ussapitiya, a 78-year-old female from Giriulla, a 72-year-old male from Kolonnawa, a 62-year-old female from Mattakkuliya and a 70-year-old female from Boralesgamu died from the virus.

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Nadi Karunaratne Thursday, 04 March 2021 11:37 PM

Have they stopped telling us how many daily infections recorded? Is it that the number of tests is so few that they don't really know? If Italy does 200,000 a day we should do around 65,000. I think we are relying on guesswork or the ostrich position.

Selvakumar Friday, 05 March 2021 06:37 AM

Can’t be control from vaccines to corona infections ???

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