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Friday, 08 January 2021 - 16:59
Another 656 corona patients have been fully recovered and discharged from hospitals.
Accordingly, the total number of infected persons who have recovered stands at 40,317.
At present, 46,780 cases of corona infected people have been reported from Sri Lanka and 6,241 of them are being treated in hospitals.
The death toll is 222.
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 - 23:12
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat SunRisers Hyderabad in a close match with Shahbaz Nadeem dismissing Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey and Abdul Samad in one. Read More
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 - 22:14
Denmark announced Tuesday it would stop using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine altogether, becoming the first European country to do so over suspected. Read More