COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka recorded a total of 1,914 COVID-19 cases on Friday (07), National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

1,889 of these cases were from the local New Year Cluster while the remaining 25 were those who tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from overseas.

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