81 individuals have recovered from COVID-19 during the past 24-hours increasing total recoveries to 624,521.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 657,435 with the detection of 301 new infections yesterday.
Accordingly 16,495 persons are currently receiving treatment for coronavirus at several facilities across the country.
Meanwhile Sri Lanka’s COVID death toll rose to 16,419, following the confirmation of three fatalities during the past 24 hours.
