21 new Covid positive patients were confirmed today as of 10.45 pm today (23), raising the country’s total cases count to 1,089.
19 of these patients have been identified as navy men, the Department of Government Information said. The remaining two are returnees from Dubai who are undergoing quarantine procedure at the facility in Giragama.
Meanwhile, the number of recoveries in Sri Lanka moved up to 660 earlier today, as 40 patients were discharged from hospitals as they have recovered completely.