Colombo (News 1st); 61 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Friday (16), said the Department of Government Information.

All of these cases were from the Minuwangoda cluster and 03 of them were reported from Quarantine Facilities.

The other 58 cases were close contacts, said the Department of Government Information.

Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 cases from the Minuwangoda cluster increased to 1850.

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