Colombo: Sri Lanka reported one new case Wednesday, raising the total number of people contracted the coronavirus to 1027, according to the Health Ministry.

According to the Health Promotion Bureau report updated at 11 pm Wednesday, 435 confirmed patients are receiving treatment at hospitals while 112 individuals are currently under investigations in hospitals.

Nine patients have died while 584 patients including the Chinese tourist, who was the first COVID-19 case detected in the country in January and discharged last month, have fully recovered and been discharged from hospitals.

A total of 46,413 PCR tests have been conducted to detect Covid-19 infected persons from February 18 to May 19, according to the Health Promotion Bureau report.

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