Kandy records a steady rise in coronavirus patients

06 Dec, 2020

Kandy has recorded a steady rise in coronavirus patients with most patients being inmates at the Bogambara prison.

According to the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of the COVID-19, a total of 170 coronavirus patients were detected in Kandy over a 24-hour period ending at 6am today.

This included 147 inmates at the Bogambara Prison.

The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of the COVID-19 said that between Friday morning and Saturday morning there were 91 patients detected in Kandy.

A total of 669 coronavirus patients were detected in Sri Lanka during the 24-hour period ending at 6am today.

Of them 204 patients were detected in the Colombo District.

A total of 27,227 people have been detected with the coronavirus in Sri Lanka since January this year.

Of them, 20,089 people have recovered and have been discharged from hospital.?(Colombo Gazette)

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