Sri Lanka has recorded over 2,600 coronavirus cases, the highest-ever single-day count recorded so far in the island nation since the pandemic began last year, authorities said on Monday.
Gen. Shavendra Silva, the head of the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of Covid-19 (NOCPOC), said some 2,672 cases were confirmed on Sunday, up from 1,896 a day earlier.
Sri Lanka on Sunday set a new record with the number of daily Covid-19 infections exceeding 2,500 for the first time since the epidemic began, the Colombo Gazette reported.
The coronavirus cases are surging as health authorities continue to struggle to provide care for the confirmed cases. The government said action to create 10,000 care beds has been fast tracked.
