Sri Lanka has registered 399 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (February 05), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Department of Government Information said 393 of the newly-identified patients are close contacts of earlier cases detected from the Peliyagoda cluster. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 735 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. Recoveries from the virus meanwhile climbed to 61,461 earlier today, as 894 more patients regained health. However, 6,046 active cases are still under medical care at selected hospitals and treatment centres located across the island.

Source: The Nation February 05, 2021 18:00 UTC