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Friday, January 15, 2021

Two Chefs At A Tourist Hotel In Galle Where England Cricketers Staying In Tested Positive For Corona Virus

Two chefs attached to A Tourist Hotel in Dadalla ,Galle where the English Cricketers are staying in during the First Test match currently being played in Galle International Cricket stadium, had been tested positive for Corona virus it has been reported .

The two Corona positives who are residents of Welgama and Kapumulla areas are to be admitted to hospital for treatment today (15).They were identified as Corona positives though the "PCR" tests performed among Hotel staff and English cricketers yesterday (14).

Four Corona Deaths Reported Yesterday (14)

Another 04 Corona deaths had been reported in the island yesterday (14) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 251 according to National Covid+19 Prevention Center .

Accordingly three males and a female resided at Ginthota in Eastern Galle ,Dummalasuriya ,Galgamuwa and Colombo-13 of the ages 47,72,57 and 53 years had died due to the complications of non communicable diseases they have suffered from the Center has stated .

670 Corona Positives Were Reported Yesterday (14)

A total of 670 Corona Positives had been reported in the island yesterday (14) increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 50,899 according to Epidemiology Unit .All these positives were locals and contacts of previous Corona positives belonging to Minuwangoda ,Paliyagoda and Prisons clusters the Unit has stated .

The majority of these positives were reported from Colombo District (214) and 119 and 90 cases each reported from Gampaha and Kandy Districts respectively .

At the moment 6901 Corona positives are being treated at government hospitals and treatment centers .,