COLOMBO (News1st): The number of COVID – 19 infections in the country rose to 214 on Monday, health officials said after four people from the quarantine centre in Punani tested positive for the virus.

Health ministry statistics show that there are 147 active cases of the virus, with 57 recoveries, and seven deaths.

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