701 persons recovered and left hospitals within past 24 hours – NOCPCO
December 18, 2020A total of 701 persons recovered from the Coronavirus have left hospitals and care centres during the last 24 hours, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) stated today (Dec 18).
The identification of 650 coronavirus positives during the last 24 hours has increased the number of cases in the island up to 35,386.
All the positives identified yesterday were Sri Lankans while 242 of them have been identified from Colombo District, 126 from Gampaha District, 42 from Kandy District and 240 persons from other districts, the NOCPCO confirmed today (December 18).
The number of infected persons associated with the Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda Fish Market cluster increased to 31,716 and out of them 22,945 have left hospitals following complete recovery.
Meanwhile, the total arrived in the country today morning reads as 205 which included 163 persons from Qatar and 42 from Japan. They all will be referred to quarantine centres managed by tri forces.
NOCPCO said 14,272 PCR tests were conducted yesterday (Dec 17).
No deaths have been reported during the past 24 hours. Accordingly, the country’s COVID-19 death toll remains at 160.
A total of 7,961 persons are isolated in military-managed 79 quarantine centers as of today, NOCPCO also said.