Colombo (News 1st) ; Sri Lanka’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 198 this evening.

Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe in a statement said, the latest COVID-19 case was the only case detected today while 07 others were detected last night.

Of the 07 COVID-19 cases, 06 were those who closely associated a COVID-19 patient detected earlier in Ja-Ela.

The number of people who recovered from COVID-19 in Sri Lanka is at 54.