COLOMBO (News1st): Two more people in Sri Lanka have recovered from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

Accordingly, 215 people have recovered from the virus in the country.

Official figures show that 771 people have contracted the virus since it started spreading in the South Asian island on March 16.

The disease has claimed nine lives so far.

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