Five persons have died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, the Director General of Health announced today (24).
This number increases the total COVID death toll in the country to 16,671. Though the daily death toll remained zero for a few months, a slight increase in the daily death toll (between three to seven deaths) has been reported since July.
Majority of the deceased are above 60 years of age. Yesterday’s death toll included four males and one female.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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