COLOMBO, July 29 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry said, the country’s COVID-19 recovery rate was high above the global rate and those highly affected countries, local media reported yesterday.
According to the ministry, Sri Lanka’s current COVID-19 recovery rate is 75.7 percent, compared with an average 61.21 percent in the world, 63.9 percent in India and 47.81 percent in the United States.
The recovery rate of South Africa is 59.51 percent, 67.53 percent in Brazil and 73.88 percent in Russia. Only 23.9 percent of all COVID-19 patients detected from Sri Lanka are in hospitals now, the Health Ministry said.
Sri Lanka has, to date, performed over 155,000 PCR tests for the virus, from Feb 18, which has cost the government an estimated 6.7 million U.S. dollars.
According to Director General of Health Services, Anil Jasingha, the positivity rate conducted from the PCR tests, presently stood at 1.8 percent, whereas initially the positivity rate was three percent.
“This shows the infection is now much less within the society from within the target groups, which continue to be tested,” Jasingha said.
Till last night, the total number of COVID-19 patients reached 2,807, out of which 2,296 had recovered and been discharged.– NNN-SLNEWS
