Colombo (News 1st); 73 new COVID-19 cases were reported from the Minuwangoda Cluster on Saturday (17), said the Department of Government Information.

02 these cases were reported from Quarantine Centers and the other 71 cases were close contacts.

Accordingly, the total number of cases from the Minuwangoda Cluster rose to 1972 as at 1600 hours on Saturday (17)

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