Three COVID-19 deaths were confirmed by health authorities yesterday increasing the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 591.

According to a statement issued by the Department of Government Information, an 89-year-old individual from Homagama tested positive for COVID-19 white receiving medical care at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital. The individual was transferred to the Colombo East Base Hospital, where he died of trauma of blood poisoning, a bacterial infection with COVID-19, acute kidney damage, and heart disease on 6 April.

An individual from Thanamalvila tested positive for the virus while receiving treatment at the Hambantota District General Hospital and was transferred to the Homagama Base Hospital. However, on 6 April, he died of COVID pneumonia and a secondary heart attack. The individual was 38 years old.

On 3 April, a 60-year-old individual from Hettipola died while receiving treatment at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital. The cause of death is cited as COVID pneumonia, kidney dysfunction, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

221 more test positive for COVID-19