Sri Lanka records three more COVID-19 deaths

COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lankan health authorities confirmed three deaths due to COVID-19 in the country, raising the death toll due to the virus up to 140. A 98-year old male resident of Kotte who died at the Homagama Base Hospital on Sunday due to pneumonia - caused as a complication of the virus - was among the deceased. Authorities identified an 80-year old man from Kahathuduwa as another fatality. He had died due to kidney failure - another complication of the virus  - on Saturday. Among the deaths was a 71-year old man from Maggona who had also died due to pneumonia at the Intensive Care Unit of the Homagama Base Hospital on Saturday.