Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) says more than 11,000 covid cases have been reported in 19 days in January alone.

Its editor Dr. Haritha Aluthge points out that as a percentage more than 600 casea are reported daily.

669 cases were reported from Sri Lanka yesterday with the highest number of 130 cases reported from the Colombo district.

Yesterday 104 infected people were reported from the Gampaha district, and 60 from Kurunegala, 50 from Galle and 48 from Kandy.

In the Batticaloa district, 38 infected persons were reported and 31 in Ratnapura, 29 from Kegalle, 27 from Mannar and 26 in Vavuniya.

22 infected persons were reported from Hambantota district and 21 in Matale.

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