A 79 year old female who has died due to an illness caused by non communicable Diseases yesterday (03)had. Been tested positive for corona virus through the "PCR"Test conducted during her post mortem held today (04)it has been revealed
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The deceased female who was a resident of Colombo -13 has died due to a heart attack after spending a month at her residence with complications now confirmed as caused due to the corona virus .
This is the 24 th Corona Death of the country according to the Epidemeology Unit .
Meanwhile another 78 year old male resident of Colombo -13 reported as died yesterday (03)after admitting to Accident unit of the Colombo National hospital due to head injuries caused by a fall had been also tested positive for corona virus .
Through. The "PCR "Test performed on him during his post mortem held today it has been revealed that the deceased was a Corona positive .Although he was tested positive for Corona virus his death will not be considered as a Corona death as the person has died due to injuries caused by a fall Epidemeology Unit has stated .