Minuwangoda cluster increases to 832 cases

Minuwangoda cluster increases to 832 COVID-19 cases (23:00 hours/06th Oct)

by Zulfick Farzan 06-10-2020 | 11:09 PM

Colombo (News 1st); 124 new COVID-19 cases were reported from the Minuwangoda cluster on Tuesday (06), said the Department of Government Information adding all cases are from the apparel factory in Minuwangoda.

Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 cases from the Minuwangoda cluster is now at 832.

According to the update by the Department of Government Information Department as of 22:55 Hours on Tuesday (06) a total of 739 cases were reported during the day and 729 of them are from the Minuwangoda/Divulapitiya cluster.

The other 10 are returnees from overseas and the breakdown is as follows.

04 returnees from the United Arab Emirates

01 returnees each from Qatar, Kuwait, Japan

03 Indian seafarers.

The total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka at 23:00 hours on Tuesday (06) is 4252 with 3266 recoveries and 973 patients in hospital.