As of this morning (9), a total of 510 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. All of them were from locally-identified affectees, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).
By 6.00 this morning (9), the total number of COVID-19 positive cases reported from Minuwangoda garment factory stands at 10,451. Of them, 1,041 are factory employees, 1,007 persons from Peliyagoda Fish Market and other 8,403 are locally-identified contacts of those garment factory-infected employees and the Fish Market. Of these, 412 employees of the Minuwangoda Garment Factory have fully recovered and 4,449 of their associates have been discharged from hospitals.
The flight QR 668 from Doha, Qatar with one passenger arrived in Colombo. The passenger was referred to a Quarantine Centre (QC), managed by tri-services after formalities at the airport.
To-date, 63,921 individuals have left for homes after quarantining. As of this morning (9), 2,409 persons in 27 tri service-managed QCs are still in quarantine. Within yesterday (8), 10,632 PCR tests were carried out across the country and the total PCR tests conducted so far stands at 602,850.
By 6.00 this morning (9), 562 fully-recovered COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals. All of them are identified as close contacts of the Minuwangoda garment factory-infected employees who were in quarantine at QCs.
