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Nine individuals who arrived from overseas have been confirmed to have contracted the COVID-19, stated the Department of Government Information.

The new cases have been detected amongst individuals who recently arrived from Saudi Arabia.

So far, a total of 20 COVID-19 cases have been detected within today (19).

Thereby, the count of coronavirus cases reported in the country has moved to 2,725 cases.

As per the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry, 678 active cases among them are under medical care at selected hospitals.

Meanwhile, with 12 more patients being discharged today upon regaining health, the tally of recoveries in the country has moved to 2,035 cases.

Sri Lanka has witnessed 11 deaths from the virus thus far.

Four more from Kandakadu rehab center test coronavirus-positive

Four more individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 hiking the tally of virus-positive cases in Sri Lanka to 2,715 cases.

The latest cases are detected among patients of the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center who were under quarantine.

With the new cases, 11 coronavirus cases have been reported in the country within the day so far.

As per the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry, 669 active cases among them are under medical care at selected hospitals.

More foreign arrivals add to COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka

Three recent arrivals from Qatar are confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, stated the Department of Government Information.

A total of seven coronavirus-positive cases have been identified from the country within the so far.

Thereby, the count of COVID-19 cases detected in Sri Lanka has risen to 2,711.