Sri Lanka’s Covid Test Positivity Rate (TPR) remains at 15.8 percent, according to the weekly situation report put out by the World Health Organization (WHO) on August 20.
The WHO, in its report says, Sri Lanka continues to indicate an increase in the number of new cases for the fifth consecutive week. All provinces except the Central province reported an increase in new cases compared to the previous week. Southern and north-western provinces are reporting more than 50 percent of new cases compared to the previous week.
The majority of the new cases in week 32 were reported in Western Province
