164 more Covid-19 positive cases reported in Sri Lanka

164 more Covid-19 positive cases reported in Sri Lanka

The Ministry of Health says that anther 164 persons have tested positive for novel coronavirus. 

Forty-three of them are from quarantine centers while 121 are close contacts of previous patients linked to Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda clusters. 

The total number of cases from the clusters has increased to 7,746 with this.

This also brings the total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country thus far to 11,224.

Meanwhile the total number of Covid-19 recoveries in the country has reached 5,249 after  344 patients were discharged this morning.