205 individuals recovered from COVID-19 during the past 24-hours and have been discharged.
Accordingly, total coronavirus recoveries have risen to 608,924.
The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health said 19,923 persons are currently receiving treatment for coronavirus at several facilities.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 645,037 with the detection of 977 patients yesterday.
Meanwhile, yesterday, another 24 coronavirus related fatalities were confirmed in Sri Lanka, raising the death toll to 16,190.
