Colombo (News 1st); 272 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Sri Lanka at 1830 hours on Tuesday (03), reported the Government Information Department.

03 of these cases were reported from Quarantine Centers and the remaining 269 cases are close contacts from the Peliyagoda Cluster.

Accordingly, the total number of cases from the Peliyagoda and Divulapitiya cluster is 8129

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