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Posted on January 31st, 2021
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Three more COVID-19 related deaths were reported in Sri Lanka today (January 31), says the Director-General of Health Services.
Accordingly, the new development has pushed the death toll from the virus outbreak to 316.
The Department of Government Information said one of the victims is a 38-year-old man from Colombo 08 area. He had been moved from the Colombo National Hospital to National Hospital for Respiratory Diseases in Welisara after testing positive for COVID-19. He passed away today due to lung infection caused by novel coronavirus.
In the meantime, a 68-year-old woman from Kaduwela area died on January 27 while receiving treatment at the Dr Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital. The cause of death was determined as COVID-19 pneumonia and heart failure.