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Of the 13 people who were diagnosed, 11 were residents of Beruwala who were under observation at a quarantine centre. Another patient was receiving treatment at the Polonnaruwa General Hospital, Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe said.
According to the Epidemiology Unit, one more person has recovered, and the total number of recoveries has risen to 105.
Dr. Jasinghe added that over 500 persons were tested for COVID-19 at the Peliyagoda fish market today, in what is the largest PCR sample collected from a single place within the span of a few hours in Sri Lanka. A total of 530 persons were subjected to the PCR test after a vendor who visited the fish market tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. In addition to this, 62 samples were collected yesterday from a private medical centre in Pannipitiya, which was also visited by a COVID-19 patient and has been temporarily shut down. However, none of the 62 samples tested positive for COVID-19. Further sampling was also conducted in the Bandaranayake Mawatha estates today after a large number of people tested positive in the area. According to National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPOC) Head and Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, 2,690 persons are yet to complete the quarantine process in the 26 quarantine centres managed by the Sri Lanka Army. “A total of 4,348 have left the centres having completed the quarantine process,” he added.
