Continuous lockdown will save 7500 - 10000 lives

Extending lockdowns past August 31st is projected to reduce deaths from COVID-19, according to an independent technical expert committee appointed by the World Health Organization’s Sri Lanka office.

The committee's latest report quotes the Monash University as saying that "if the lockdowns are extended to September 18 and October 2, respectively, 7,500 and 10,000 deaths can be prevented relative to a release of lockdown on August 31."

Among the key observations made at the meeting on Aug. 26 had noted that the COVID-19 death rate is one of the highest. According to stats of the WHO COVID-19 dashboard on 25 Aug 2021, Sri Lanka is at No. 11 in the list of countries with the highest number of deaths per 100,000 population.