Batticaloa’s COVID-19 death toll climbs to 100
The COVID-19 death toll of the Batticaloa District climbed to 100 yesterday, making it the area with the highest number of COVID-19 casualties in the Eastern Province Batticaloa Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Nagalingam Mayooran, said. He was addressing the media at his office on Sunday.
Moreover, the Kattankudy, Arayampathy, Kaluwanchikudy, Eravur, and Koralai Pattu Central areas of the district have been declared as ‘Red Zones’, the Regional Director of Health Services said. He added that 65 more cases have been detected in the district during the past 24 hours. Their distribution is as follows: 24 in Batticaloa, 22 in Kattankudy, nine in Vellaveli, three in Chenkalady, three from prisons, as well as one each from Koralai Pattu Central, Paddipalai, and Eravur.
The total number of COVID-19 cases detected in the Batticaloa District stand at 7,199. Of them, 6,214 were identified were detected during the third wave. The total number of deaths recorded during the third wave stands at 91. Around 4,995 people have been discharged from hospitals, while 1,060 are still receiving treatment, Dr. Mayooran said.
COVID-19 Treatment Centres have been set up in the Karadiyanaru, Vakarai, Navatkadu, and Periya Kallar areas, while hospitals in Kattankudy, Valaichchenai, and Kaluwanchikudy have also been upgraded to treat around 700 more COVID-19 patients, he added.
The Batticaloa District has received a total of 78,000 vaccine doses so far. Around 25,000 of them have been administered to those above the age of 60, while 33,176 doses have been given to other residents, including 3,000 health officials, the Regional Director of Health Services said. He added that so far, only 5,000 persons in the district have received both doses of the vaccine, while 12,000 teachers are yet to receive their first dose.
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