57 Covid Positive Patients Reported From Kandakadu Center
At least 56 people of the 450 inmates and staff members at the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre – East in Kandakadu, tested positive for COVID-19 today, Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe said. He said reports of the PCR tests performed on the rest of them were yet to be received.
Moreover, Dr. Jasinghe said a female counsellor attached to the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre also tested positive for the virus from Marawila today. She had been subjected to a PCR test at the Marawila Hospital. Health authorities have launched an operation to identify the contacts of the woman, who tested positive for the virus from Marawila and send them to quarantine process. The Epidemiology Unit reported 2,153 Covid-19 cases from Sri Lanka upto 6 pm today.
Source Daily Mirror
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