The ministry warns that more than a million cases of corona infection could be reported in the country within 100 days, Dr. Hemantha Herath, Deputy Director-General of Health Services, Media Spokesman, Ministry of Health, said.

If a corona infected person transmits the disease to five other people, the number of patients will double every five days.

Accordingly, if the number of patients doubles 20 times, the number of infected people in the country will exceed one million within 100 days, he said.