18 COVID-19 cases recover in full and cleared to leave hospital - NOCPCO

by Zulfick Farzan 23-09-2020 | 2:02 PM

Colombo (News 1st); 7,120 persons in 68 tri-service-managed QCs are still in quarantine, said the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

43,895 individuals were released from quarantine as of Wednesday, 23rd of September.

On Tuesday (22), 1530 PCR tests were carried out across the country and the total PCR tests conducted so far stands at 270,881.

As of Wednesday morning (23), the total number of detainees in quarantine at Kandakadu and Senapura Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres for Drug Addicts stands at 650.

The flight QR 668 from Doha, Qatar with 42 passengers and the flight UL 1042 from Mumbai, India with one passenger have arrived in Colombo.

All of them were referred to Quarantine Centres, managed by tri-services after formalities at the airport.

18 positive COVID-19 cases after full recovery left hospitals early Wednesday morning (23) and all of them were expatriates in quarantine.