A 70 year old. Person who has died at Intensive Care Unit of the Colombo National Hospital this morning (25)has been confirmed as a Corona positive through the "PCR "test performed on him after his death Health Ministry has announced .
The victim who was a resident of Colombo -02 had been admitted to National Hospital ICU on last Friday (23) over contamination of a germ in his blood it has been revealed .
However he has died this morning due to the complications of Corona virus infection it has now revealed .This death is the 16 th Corona death reported from Sri Lanka and the third Corona death reported during last few days .