Colombo (News 1st); A total of 518 COVID-19 cases were reported in Sri Lanka on Monday (22), said the Department of Government Information.

487 of these cases were from the Peliyagoda Cluster, 03 cases were reported from Prisons and 28 returnees from overseas also tested positive for COVID-19, it announced.

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