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Sunday, August 22, 2021

A total of 4282 Corona positives had been reported yesterday (22) in the country ,increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 390,000 according to Ministry of Health .This was the first time that the number of daily Corona positives in Sri Lanka had exceeded over 4000 .

At the moment 40,475 Corona positives are being treated at Government hospitals and Quarantine Centers it has been reported .

Another 183 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Yesterday (22)

Another 183 Corona deaths had been reported in the country yesterday (22) increasing the total number of Corona deaths that had been reported up to now to 7366 according to Director General of Health Setvices .

Accordingly 107 males and 76 females had died due to Corona infection yesterday .Out of the deceased 136 were of the age over 60 years and 45 were bomged to the age group 30-60 years .There were 2 persons under 30 years of age among the deceased .

Another Stock Of "Pfizer" 'Vaccine Doses Brought To Sri Lanka This Morning (23)

Another 76,000 doses of Pfizer Anti Corona Vaccine had arrived in Sri Lanka this morning (23) according to Authorities .

This stock of "Pfizer " vaccine doses had been brought to Sri Lanka through a Qatar Airways flight it has been revealed .

Meanwhile Sri Lanka is due to recieve another stock of 01 miliion Sinopharm vaccine doses tomorrow (24) according to Chinese embassy in Colombo .

Upto now little more than 10 million persons in Sri Lanka had been received at least one dose of Anti Corona vaccine and little more than 5.6 million had received two doses of Corona vaccine the Epifemrology unit has stated .

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Authorities Should Have Performed Over 100,000 Daily PCR Tests To Achieve Success At This Moment -JVP

Although a 10 day quarantine curfew is being imposed in the country at present to prevent the spreading of Corona virus ,there's a need to perform at least around 100,000 daily "PCR " Tests in the country to achieve success through this curfew claims the Political Bureau member of leftist Jantha Wimukthi Permauna Lal Kantha .