Update - Sri Lanka reports eighth COVID-19 death

COLOMBO (News1st) : Sri Lanka reported its eighth coronavirus death on Monday, with 33 new infections, government figures showed. The death was of a 72-year old female who was a resident of Polpithigama in Kurunegala, director general of health services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said. Dr. Jasinghe noted that the patient had died while receiving treatment at the Homagama Base Hospital. Sri Lanka has reported a total of 751 confirmed coronavirus infections, among which 194 have recovered, official figures show. No deaths were recorded due to COVID-19 in the country for nearly a month since April 8 until Monday. *(Updates new infections in paragraph one, and total cases in paragraph five)