Sri Lanka confirms 501 new Covid-19 cases; 182 from prison cluster
Covid-19 infections registered in Sri Lanka swept past the grim milestone of 27,000 as 501 more persons were tested positive today (05), the Health Ministry revealed.
The Government Information Department stated that 319 of the newly-identified patients are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda fish market.
The remaining 182 have been detected from the prison cluster.
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