COLOMBO (News 1st): The total number of COVID-19 cases connected to prisons has risen to 908, prison officials said on Saturday (Nov. 28).

This was after 87 new cases were confirmed on Saturday (Nov. 28), connected to prisons.

A majority of COVID-19 cases are connected to the Welikada Prison, the Department of Prisons noted.

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