Forty eight (48) persons have died on Monday (26) increasing the country’s death toll from the virus to 4,195, Director General of Health Services confirmed today (28).
Out of the daily deaths, the majority were males (28) and 20 females. Thirty eight persons who succumbed to the virus are above 60 years of age.
Meanwhile, 1,688 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday (27) bringing the total number of infected persons in the country to 299,869, the Epidemiology Unit said.
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The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) backed by the Excise and Customs Department today launched a fresh drive to collect taxes including some Rs.780 billion listed as ‘collectable defaults’.
The Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed by five convicts in the 1996 Krishanthi Kumaraswamy abduction, rape, and murder case.
A SriLankan airlines flight has been grounded in an airport in Indonesia due to a technical defect leaving 93 passengers stranded, an official said.
The actions of a resident in Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa helped to avoid a possible railway accident involving an office train on the southern coastal line today, the Railway Department said.
Former international spinner Sachithra Senanayake is set to become the first Sri Lankan cricketer indicted under the country’s Prevention of Offences Relating to Sports Act (Act No. 24 of 2019).
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