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.

The tally of Covid-19 cases reported within the country thus far has risen to 62,445 while the number of total recoveries has climbed to 55,398.

Presently a total of 6,742 infected patients are being treated at hospitals.