Sri Lanka records its 20th coronavirus death

31 Oct, 2020

Sri Lanka has recorded its 20th coronavirus related death, the Government Information Department said today.

The Government Information Department said that a PCR test on a patient who died at the Colombo National Hospital yesterday has confirmed that the patient had the coronavirus.

The 54-year-old woman had been admitted to hospital on 29th October after suffering from an illness.

She died while receiving treatment yesterday and a PCR test later confirmed she had the coronavirus.

Sri Lanka’s 17th, 18th and 19th coronavirus related deaths were reported on 27th October.

The three victims were a 19-year-old male from Keselwatte, an 87-year-old woman from Slave Island and a 42-year-old man from Ja-Ela.

Prior to this, the 14^th, 15^th, and 16^th?deaths related to the virus were reported earlier this month.

The victims were a 50-year-old?woman from Kuliyapitiya, a 56-year-old?heart patient also from Kuliyapitiya, and a 70-year-old?man from Colombo -02?respectively.?(Colombo Gazette)

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