The popular veteran Sri Lankan Pop singer also known as the "King of Baila " songs in the country "Desmond De Silva had died today (09) due to a sudden heart attack he had suffered with in Melbourne ,Australia .
He was 77 years old at the time of his death ,He had sung many hit Pop singles during his 4 decade old career including popular local hits like "Chuda Manike " and "Yaman Bando" songs. May his soul rest in peace ,
Whilst Director General Of Health Services had announced a lower number of Corona deaths today(09) .The epidemiology Unit has stated that only 436 Corona Positives had been identified in the country today (09) increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 591,667 .
At the moment 9471 Corona positives are being treated at Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under home care system the Unit has stressed ,
Meanwhile only 141 Corona Positives had recovered and discharged from Hospitals and Quarantine Centers today increasing the total number of Corona positives recovered and discharged so far to 567,077 it has been raveled .
Only 7221 PCR tests and 4305 Rapid Antigen Tests had been performed in the country yesterday (08).
Another 07 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (09) Director General Of Health Services (DGHS) has announced today .With these deaths the total number of Corona deaths that had been reported in the country had risen to 15,121 he has stressed ,
According to DGHS 04 males and 03 females had died due to Corona infection .Out of the deceased 06 were over 60 years of age and one death was belonged to 30-60 year age group .
However as contagious Omicron variant is spreading in the country along with the Delta variant many in the public do not believe these number s as health authorities in the country not done anything significant to curb the spreading oi Corona virus recently according to some Health experts ,The Corona death rate of the country currently stands as 2.56 percent higher than the neighboring India and global Corona death rate according to the health experts .
Six female estate workers attached to Otari Tea estate in Hatton -Dikoya area had been hospitalized due to a wasp attack today (08) it has been revealed .The injured were admitted to Dikoya hospital
The injured females had faced this incident whilst plucking tea leaves in the estate the sources stated .The wasp attack occurred as a result of edgework .
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