The Minuwangoda coronavirus cluster has surpassed the 8000 mark, as of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) said that a total of 8,266 patients have been detected from the Minuwangoda cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From among the patients, 1,041 are employees of the Brandix apparel factory in Minuwangoda, while the remaining 7,225 patients are associates of the infected employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NOCPC said that 409 patients were detected with COVID-19 in Sri Lanka during the last 24-hours ending at 06.00am today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Health Ministry had conducted 10,466 PCR tests yesterday alone, while it has conducted 546, 803 PCR tests to date in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 11,744 coronavirus patients have been reported so far in Sri Lanka, with 6,140 patients under medical care and 5,581 patients being discharged after complete recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NOCPC said that 332 coronavirus patients were discharged after complete recovery within the last 24- hours ending at 06.00am today, adding that they are all patients detected from the Minuwangoda cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Centre further said that 2,776 persons are undergoing mandatory quarantine at 33 Military-operated quarantine centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Police said over 11,900 families identified as contacts of coronavirus patients have been home quarantined in the Western Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NOCPC added that a total of 23 Covid-related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka since the outbreak in March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sri Lanka has recorded 10 Covid-related deaths since the outbreak of the \u2018second wave\u2019 in Minuwangoda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Courtesy: Colombo Gazette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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