2021-05-10 10:05:35 GMT2021-05-10 18:05:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
COLOMBO, May 10 (Xinhua) COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka topped 125,000 on Monday with 2,672 new cases reported a day earlier, the highest single-day record, the Health Ministry said.
According to official statistics, 125,906 cases have been detected to date since the first local case reported in March last year, out of which 104,463 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
So far, 801 deaths have been reported from the virus in the country.
Official statistics showed that during the month of May alone, 17,760 new cases had been detected across Sri Lanka due to the spread of a new mutated version of the coronavirus, which had mostly infected youngsters seeking critical care, health officials said.
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As India is ravaged by a tsunami of the COVID-19 cases accounting for almost half of the global daily total, Sri Lanka is facing a new surge along with other countries in the region. Dr. Olivia Nieveras, officer-in-charge of the World Health Organization’s Colombo office, last week urged Sri Lanka to take “the latest coronavirus surge seriously.”
The new surge among the country’s 22 million people has shattered repeated claims by President Gotabhaya Rajapakse that, unlike other countries, Sri Lanka has brought the pandemic under control.
Sri Lanka s COVID-19 patients continue to rise, surpassing 115,000
Xinhua
05 May 2021, 19:18 GMT+10
COLOMBO, May 5 (Xinhua) The total number of COVID-19 infected patients in Sri Lanka surpassed the 115,000-mark on Wednesday after over 1,800 new patients were identified a day earlier, statistics from the Health Ministry showed. According to official figures, the total number of positive patients reached 115,590, out of which 99,163 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, and 709 deaths have been reported from the virus. Sri Lanka has been facing a rapid rise in COVID-19 patients with over 1,000 patients being detected daily within the past six days, health officials said.
2021-05-05 09:05:30 GMT2021-05-05 17:05:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
COLOMBO, May 5 (Xinhua) The total number of COVID-19 infected patients in Sri Lanka surpassed the 115,000-mark on Wednesday after over 1,800 new patients were identified a day earlier, statistics from the Health Ministry showed.
According to official figures, the total number of positive patients reached 115,590, out of which 99,163 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, and 709 deaths have been reported from the virus.
Sri Lanka has been facing a rapid rise in COVID-19 patients with over 1,000 patients being detected daily within the past six days, health officials said.
The country s Epidemiology Unit said that a new variant of the COVID-19 was rapidly spreading across the country and this new variant had now become airborne.
President empathises with India, expresses hope of overcoming crisis Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa while expressing deep empathy and concern at the ongoing COVID-19 situation in India has conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Buddhist clergy in Sri Lanka was planning to compassionately recite the Rathana Sutra for the people of India.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa expressed deep empathy and concern at the ongoing COVID-19 situation in India in his letter of solidarity to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 April 2021, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said.
The President of Sri Lanka noted that concerted efforts of humanity have succeeded in overcoming such pandemics since time immemorial. He also expressed confidence that India will tackle the crisis effectively under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the support of dedicated experts and professionals.