COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka recorded a total of 1,717 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (29), said the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) on Wednesday (30).

08 of these cases were those who tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from overseas.

The other 1,709 COVID-19 cases were from the Post-Avurudu Cluster.

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