Coronavirus: 963 positive cases in total confirmed today

February 10, 2021 09:21 pm

Sri Lanka registered 424 new positive cases of COVID-19 today (February 10), as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 963.

Department of Government Information says 940 of the new infections are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. Meanwhile, 15 have been reported from the prison cluster.

The remaining 08 were identified as arrivals from the United Arab Emirates.

The new development has pushed the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases count to 72,174.

According to COVID-19 figures, 6,160 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centres.

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