COLOMBO (News 1st): 1111 COVID-19 infections reported were in Sri Lanka on Tuesday (27), making it the highest number of coronavirus cases recorded in a single day.

1089 of these infections were from the Peliyagoda Cluster, 07 from the Prison Cluster and 15 cases were those who returned from overseas and tested positive for COVID-19.

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