Eight COVID-19 fatalities confirmed

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Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 16,415 following the confirmation of eight COVID-19 fatalities on Monday.

According to the Department of Government Information, six COVID-19 fatalities confirmed on Monday were over 60 years and two were between 30 and 59 years. Zero COVID-19 deaths were confirmed from the under-30 age group on Monday.

The Epidemiology Unit states that 76.28% of the total COVID-19 deaths are from the over-60 age group, 22.4% are from the 30 to 59 age group, and 1.32% are from the under-30 age group.

Epidemiology Unit data also shows that 9,257 COVID-19 deaths confirmed to date are male and 7,158 COVID-19 deaths are female.

Four COVID-19 fatalities confirmed on Monday were male and four were female.

428 COVID-19 cases detected

25,014 persons vaccinated against COVID-19

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