Colombo (News 1st); The 35th person to die of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka was reported on Sunday (08), announced the Department of Government Information.

The victim was a 78 year old male who was dead upon admission to hospital and a postmortem PCR carried out on the victim revealed he was exposed to COVID-19.

Cause of Death was ruled as COVID-19 related cardiac arrest.

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