COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka recorded a total of 1,420 COVID-19 cases on Sunday (18), said the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID 19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) on Monday (19).

18 of these cases were those who tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from overseas and the rest were from the Post-Avurudu Outbreak, said the NOCPCO.

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