With the reporting of 20 more corona patients yesterday the total number of corona patients in the country has risen to 2724.
Out of which 9 of them had arrived from Saudi Arabia and were in quarantine while 3 others had being associates of the Kandakadu infected patients who are residents of Kahathuduwa.
Further, 3 individuals who had arrived from Qatar and 2 individuals who had arrived from UAE and India have also tested positive for Corona virus and they have been subject to quarantine upon arrival.
The government Inforation department noted that an associate of the Kandakadu infected patient who is a resident of Palmadulla and was being subject to quarantine had also tested positive yesterday.
Accordingly 678 coronavirus patients continue to be under medical observation while the total number of recovered stands at 2035.
Further the Galle district medical officers office noted that a counselor at the Kandakadu rehabilitation center who had contracted COVID 19 a resident of Habaraduwa who was being treated at the IDH had returned home upon recovery.
It was confirmed that he had contracted the virus following a PCR test conducted at the Galle- Karapitiya teaching hospital and 21 of his associates including his spouse was subject to quarantine.
Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennekoon has stated that the public who do not seem concerned about wearing facemasks in public will be summoned to the police stations and will be made to sit through a lecture delivered by a doctor on the importance of wearing a mask.
Covid-19 Situation Report as at 2020-July-19| compiled according to the Health promotion Bureau and the Epidemiology Unit data
Total confirmed cases – 2,724
Recovered and discharged – 2,035
Active cases – 687
New Cases for the day – 20*
Total Deaths – 11
Date
|
New patients
in July
|
19 -July
|
20*
|
18 -July
|
07*
|
17 -July
|
10
|
16 -July
|
13
|
15 -July
|
09
|
14 -July
|
19
|
13 -July
|
29
|
12 -July
|
106
|
11 -July
|
57
|
10 -July
|
300
|
09 -July
|
60
|
08 -July
|
13
|
07 -July
|
04
|
06 -July
|
01
|
05 -July
|
02
|
04 -July
|
05
|
03 -July
|
03
|
02 -July
|
12
|
01 -July
|
07
|
* on going data to be updated