According to Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry, 2,794 new COVID-19 cases were reported so far on Friday.
Among the cases confirmed today, 2,792 are from the New Year cluster and 02 are foreign arrivals currently in quarantine.
According to the Epidemiology Unit report at 11 pm Friday, a total of 324,223 COVID-19 cases have been reported and 31,095 infected patients are being treated at hospitals, while 288,307 patients have fully recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
Sri Lanka reported 98 deaths Friday raising the total to 4,919.
According to the Epidemiology Unit report, so far total of 10,777,259 people have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 2,679,076 have received the second dose.