Covid-19: Minuwangoda-Peliyagoda clusters exceed 18,000

Covid-19: Minuwangoda-Peliyagoda clusters exceed 18,000

The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry confirmed last evening (2) that 342 new cases of novel coronavirus were identified, marking another grim milestone in the Minuwangoda-Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster.

All new cases are associates of previously detected patients from the Peliyagoda Fish Market Covid-19 cluster.

This brought the total number of cases from the Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda clusters to 18,280 as of last evening.

The total number of confirmed cases of the virus reported in the country at the time thereby increased to 21,811. Meanwhile, 15,816 of these had recovered while 5,899 were currently under medical care at hospitals.

The death toll in the country from the coronavirus stood at 96 at the time.