137 Covid19 patients identified today, Total infected 1319

May 27, 2020 at 12:19 AM

137 Covid19 patients identified yesterday taking the total infected patients up to 1319. This is the highest number of Covid19 patients reported in a single day in Sri Lanka.

127 patients were Kuwait returnees while 10 others were Navy Personnel.

🔺 New cases – 137

🔺 Kuwait returnees – 127

🔺 Naval officers – 10

🔺 Active cases – 597

🔺 Recoveries 712

🔺 deaths 10

17 more COVID-19 infected patients were recovered and discharged from hospitals today increasing the total number of recovered patients in Sri Lanka to 712.

Meanwhile Srilankan Airlines will be operating another special flight UL217 to bring back 273 Srilankans stranded in Qatar