COVID-19 Epidemic in Sri Lanka – One year on… At the time of writing, Sri Lanka completed one year grappling with the pandemic. As of 13 March 2021, the island reported 87,600 cumulative number of COVID cases with 526 reported deaths, and 84,253 or 96.2% recovering from the disease. Based on the statistics, it can be concluded that Sri Lanka has so far contained the disease effectively as substantiated by the comparative rates provided in Figure 04 below.
Figure 3, COVID-19 Statistics as of March 2021
Cumulative Cases per 1 million population
Covid - 19 deaths per 1 million population
Sri Lanka
4003
23
India
8124
114
Singapore
10259
5
Australia
1138
36
South East Asian Region
6770
104
Country
Figure 4, Cumulative Cases per 1Mil population, Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health Source: http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/corona_virus_report/sitrep-sl-en-13-03_10_21.pdf
Figure 5, Epi curve of COVID-19 Patients, Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health Sri Lanka (Source: http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/Circulars/Corona_virus/epi-curve_13_03_2021_2.jpg)
SUWODAYA Report March 2020 - March 2021
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