Colombo: Sri Lanka reported a total of 25 new cases by late Saturday, raising the total number of people contracted the coronavirus to 960, according to the Health Ministry.

According to the Health Promotion Bureau report updated at 7 am Sunday, 431 confirmed patients are receiving treatment at hospitals while 106 individuals are currently under investigations in hospitals.

Nine patients have died while 520 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 43,137 PCR tests have been conducted to detect COVID-19 infected persons from February 18 to May 16, according to the Health Promotion Bureau report.

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