465 new cases of coronavirus reported in Sri Lanka

465 new cases of coronavirus reported in Sri Lanka

The Government Information Department says that another 465 persons have tested positive for Covid-19, increasing today’s tally of confirmed cases to 859.

Seven of the new cases are from the prisons cluster while the remainder (458) are close contacts of Covid-19 patients from the Peliyagoda cluster.

This brings the total number of coronavirus cases from the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda, and prison clusters to 58,489.