The total number of cases of Covid 19 infection has risen up to 19061 today (20) . With so many cases reported, Sri Lanka has down from 130th to 99th place in the ranking of the world’s most infected countries.
According to the Worldometers website , September 30, only 3,380 cases of Covid 19 had been reported from Sri Lanka, of which only 13 had been reported, But in the last 20 days 15681 patients have been reported and 60 new deaths have been reported during this period.
The Mayor of Colombo has requested the government to close the city of Colombo for at least three weeks to control the spread the disease.