r Ministry of Defence - Sri Lanka

Pandemic Control Operations

April 19, 2021

Tri-Forces and Police are conducting operations to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the island by untiringly engaging in identifying the virus hit patients and sending their close contacts for quarantine to the Tri-Forces managed quarantine centres established around the country.

According to Sri Lanka’s Epidemiology Unit statistics, 96,796 confirmed cases were reported up to 18 Apr, making it the total number of cases reported in the country. 93,113 patients have been  recovered and the total number of deaths increased to 618 as of 18 April. The dotted blue curve on the graph below denotes the number of patients.