406 new cases of Covid-19 reported

406 new cases of Covid-19 reported

December 24, 2020   06:35 pm

A total of 406 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

Out of the new cases, 388 are close contacts of infected patients identified from the Peliyagoda cluster while the remaining 18 are prisoners. 

This brings the total number of cases reported from the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters to 35,366.

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