An office assistant of the Lankapura Divisional Secretariat in Polonnaruwa has tested positive for COVID-19, confirmed the Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe.
The case has been detected when the entire staff of the Divisional Secretariat had been subjected to a random PCR test session.
The infected patient, a resident of Lankapura, has been identified to be a close associate of a coronavirus-positive patient from the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center.
The Department of Government Information stated that measures will be takes to identify, test and quarantine the close contacts of the new patient.
Meanwhile, the Lankapura Divisional Secretariat has been temporarily closed off.
Accordingly the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country has now increased to 2,811 while 483 of them are presently being treated at hospitals.
The total number of Covid-19 recoveries in the country has climbed to 2,317.
