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Minuwangoda Covid cluster: Number rises to over 700

07 Oct 2020

The Covid-19 cluster detected at the Minuwangoda apparel factory has grown by another 139 cases, Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva confirmed. Accordingly, a total of 707 employees of the apparel factory have tested positive as of yesterday evening, moving the total number of coronavirus cases confirmed in the country to 4,118. Meanwhile, the recoveries confirmed in the country reached 3,266 yesterday morning (6) as seven more patients were discharged upon returning to health. Sri Lanka’s Covid-19 cases recently began to surge by several hundreds after a 39-year-old woman, who is employed at a leading apparel factory in Minuwangoda, tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday (4). She was then transferred from the Gampaha Hospital to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDH). It was later confirmed that her 16-year-old daughter too had contracted the virus.


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