The National Operation Centre for the Prevention of Covid-19 had identified six positive cases by this morning.
All of them were those who had returned to the country from overseas.
Accordingly, One of them was a returnee from the UAE who was being quarantined at the OZO hotel Quarantine Center, One Indian civil navy who was a returnee from the UAE who was being quarantined at the Galle Fairway Sunset Quarantine Center, two from Oman who were being quarantined at the Ganoruwa and Kundasale Quarantine Center and one returnee from USA who was being quarantined at the Welisara Air Force Quarantine Center, were those who had tested positive for Covid-19 by this morning
Further, another 7,052 persons are currently in quarantine at 78 tri-forces operated quarantine centres.