Sri Lanka marks highest COVID-19 cases per day as 466 more tested positive

Sri Lanka recorded the highest number of Covid-19 positive cases per day with 466 fresh cases today, according to the Ministry of Health . 

The number of COVID-19 patients reported from the cluster at the garment factory belonging to Brandix rose to 101 yesterday evening. Those who have tested positive include workers at the factory as well as workers who had gone home on leave. 

Accordingly, positive cases linked to the factory have been reported from Kurunegala, Monaragala, Jaffna, Minuwangoda, Katana, Seeduwa, Divulapitiya, Mirigama, Ja Ela and Mahara.

The Brandix group, one of Sri Lanka’s largest garment industry employers, where a cluster of COVID-19 infections broke out on Sunday, said today that out of 1,394 employees at its Minuwangoda, Gampaha manufacturing facility tested so far, 567 workers have tested positive.

According to the Health Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Health, some 700 active cases are reported among total 3,979 confirmed cases.  56 individuals are currently under investigations in hospitals. 13 deaths reported so far.