The Jaffna COVID 19 positive clusters groving gradualy with identifing more infected people daily, The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of Covid-19 said after finding new 17 cases yesterday morning.

More people had already found positive but the officials a waiting for the exact number of positive case’s after the PCR test results received today(March 31), the Divisional Secretary of the Jaffna Divisional Secretariat S. Sutharsan said.

It is reported that over 1,000 families in Jaffna have been in isolation as a precautionary measure and weddings, gatherings and other events were banned in Jaffna until further notice.