Tough measures in place to control the Pandemic Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The Government this week continued its campaign against the Coronavirus pandemic which is rampaging in neighbouring India and threatening to spill over to its southern neighbour. Despite these efforts however the number of infections and the death toll from the deadly disease continues to rise. At the time of writing, the death toll attributed to Coronavirus infections and related complications stood at 850 with 26 deaths being recorded on Monday. This is the highest number of deaths recorded due to the Coronavirus in a single day since the pandemic began last year and spread to Sri Lanka.