The Ministry of Health says 903,467 individuals in total have received COVID vaccines ever since Sri Lanka kicked off its inoculation drive on January 29. The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry stated that 9,102 people were vaccinated yesterday (March 29). Sri Lanka’s inoculation drive is currently extended to two age categories identified to be high-risk groups: persons between 30-60 years of age and persons above the age of 60 years. A total of 92,303 infections of the COVID-19 virus has been reported in the country. The recoveries count is at 89,090, while 2,647 active cases are still under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres.

Source: The Nation March 30, 2021 12:33 UTC