Sri Lanka has confirmed 633 Coronavirus patients on October 30, official data showed, with active cases reaching towards 6,000 amid rising concerns and authorities dropped institutionalized quarantine and fast-tracked discharges as buildings were converted to treatment centres.

Of the total, 264 were confirmed from Gampaha, with 48 from Pitipana and 162 from Colombo with 29 from Nawagamuwa and 75 from Colombo 1 to 18 Sri Lanka’s anti-Coronavirus task force said.

“There are several hundred patients being reported each day,” Chief Epidemiologist Sudath Samaraweera told reporters.

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