Lakshen Wijeratne, a 55-year-old Sri Lankan male, from Maharagama, residing in Feltham, London, has died due to Covid-19 (new coronavirus) this evening. He is a father of three children and was in the ICU for several days after being infected with the virus.
He is the third Sri Lankan to die from the virus.
A Sri Lankan male in Switzerland died this week becoming the first Sri Lanka victim of this deadly virus. He was a 59-year-old who had migrated to Switzerland from Punkudutive in Jaffna.
The second Sri Lankan to die from the disease (the first death reported on Sri Lankan soil) was reported a couple of hours ago. He was a 60-year-old resident of Marawila