28 more Navy personnel tested positive in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, the total count of COVID-19 infections crossed the figure of 1,000 with 28 more navy personnel tested positive yesterday. However, a majority 569 have already recovered and 442 people are under active treatment. 

 

Nine people have died of the virus so far while over half of the total infections are from navy personnel only. The 28 persons tested positive yesterday are identified as



navy personnel who are undergoing quarantine. Over 80 percent of the infections reported in past four weeks are from navy while the majority of rest are from quarantine centers with hardly any community cases reported. This has encouraged Sri Lankan government to relax curfew in majority of districts with economic and commercial activities slowly returning to normalcy.