Four deaths were reported from Colombo city on Sunday (22) bringing the total number deceased from the virus to 87, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 said.
During the past 24 hours, 400 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19, the centre said. This increases the total number from both the Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda fish market clusters to 16,639.
The four deaths reported were from Colombo 10, Colombo 15, Colombo 12 and Borella. All deceased are elderly and have been suffering from non-communicable diseases.
Meanwhile, the isolation status of Borella, Wellampitiya, Colombo Fort, Slave Island, Ja-ela and Kadawatha were lifted today (23) morning.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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