Over 300 fresh cases of Covid-19 reported today

Over 300 fresh cases of Covid-19 reported today

April 8, 2021   10:06 pm

The Ministry of Health says that another 49 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Three of the new cases from the Prisons Covid-19 cluster while the remaining 46 are close associates of the Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster.

This brings the tally of fresh cases reported within today to 309 while the total number of cases affiliated with the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters climbs to 89,341.

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