Sri Lanka's COVID-19 death tally reaches 24

COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka's tally of COVID-19 deaths rose to 24 after a 79-year old woman had succumbed to the virus, authorities said. The woman had been ill for more than a month and had died on Tuesday due to a cardiac arrest - a complication caused due to the novel coronavirus. "A test carried out on the woman on Wednesday showed he had contracted COVID-19," the government information department said in a statement. Meanwhile, a 79-year old woman who had died after suffering a fall had also tested positive for the virus, the statement added. However, authorities said the death will not be considered as one that had been caused due to COVID-19.