Colombo (News 1st); 280 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Monday (26) as at 1855 hours, reported the Department of Government Information.

15 of these cases are from Quarantine Centers and 265 other cases are close contacts of COVID-19 patients from the Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda COVID-19 clusters.

Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 cases from both clusters rose to 4678.

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