Colombo (News 1st; 77 COVID-19 cases were reported from the Jaffna District on Thursday (25), said the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 cases reported from the district since the 04th of October 2020 increased to 820.

Colombo recorded 64 COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cases recorded since the 04th of October 2020 to 31,133.

A total of 271 COVID-19 cases were reported from Sri Lanka on Thursday (25), said the Department of Government Information. (251 from the Peliyagoda Cluster / 20 people who returned from overseas)

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