Ministry of Defence - Sri Lanka

3395 Coronavirus positives recovered and discharged from hospitals

October 18, 2020

The total persons recovered from Coronavirus positives rose to 3397 with 10 persons being recovered and discharged from hospitals during the last 24 hours, according to the Epidemiology Unit (EU) of the Health Ministry.

The discharged persons included 04 from the Welikanda Hospital, 01 from the Iranawila Hospital, 03 from Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) and 02 Hambanthota Hospital.

Further, the Health Ministry confirmed that the total Coronavirus positive cases rose to 5475 with 121 cases reported yesterday (Oct 17) while the patients under medical care stand at 1946.

Sri Lanka’s death toll remains at 13.