Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva says 186 novel coronavirus-infected persons linked to the Minuwangoda cluster have regained health to date.
He made this remark joining ‘Derana Aruna’ programme this morning (22).
Accordingly, 27 patients were initially discharged from hospitals, the Army Chief said adding that 40 more were discharged yesterday (20) and 119 others on the day before.
Sri Lanka saw a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections after a positive case was detected from the Brandix apparel factory in Minuwangoda on the 3rd of October.
The cluster linked to the apparel factory has since registered 2,508 infections in total.
Sri Lanka confirmed 167 more positive cases of novel coronavirus yesterday (21) as the tally accelerated to 5,978.
Minuwangoda cluster had reported 38 positive cases from quarantine centres and 79 among the contacts. In addition, 49 linked to the Peliyagoda Fish Market also tested positive for Covid-19.
Further, one arrival from Ethiopia was also confirmed to have contracted the virus.
Thereby, the total number of active cases under medical care went up to 2,464. Covid-19 recoveries count meanwhile stands at 3,501.
