Posted on December 19th, 2020 Courtesy Adaderana Six more COVID-19 deaths pushed the coronavirus fatality count in Sri Lanka to 171, the Department of Government Information confirmed. A 39-year-old woman from Colombo 14 has passed away today (19) at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Angoda after being transferred from the Colombo National Hospital upon diagnosis as a COVID-19 patient. The cause of her death has been determined as blood poisoning, multi-organ dysfunction, and COVID-19 related pneumonia. A Weeragula resident – a 68-year-old male – has succumbed to a chest infection yesterday (18) upon admittance to the Wathupitiwala Base Hospital. Another male, aged 77 years and a resident of Colombo 15, passed away from high blood pressure, diabetes, and COVID-19 related pneumonia. He had passed away on December 17 upon admittance to Colombo National Hospital.