8 April, 2020
Health Services Director-General Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirmed that as of today (4:30pm) the total number of patients confirmed with the COVID-19 virus stands at 188.
Delivering the daily update on the Coronavirus situation in the country at the National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 today (08) he said that since the last update yesterday (07), there have been three new cases that have been confirmed.