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title: "Sri Lanka administers over 500000 COVID vaccine doses in a single day. Over 76% of the population above age 30 administered at least the first dose"
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# Sri Lanka administers over 500000 COVID vaccine doses in a single day. Over 76% of the population above age 30 administered at least the first dose

515,830 COVID vaccine doses administered in Sri Lanka yesterday July 29, the highest number within a day says State Minister Prof Channa Jayasumana.

![](https://www.lankaxpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-40-1024x215.png)Sri Lanka’s COVID19 Vaccine Rollout Tracking Data

According to COVID19 Vaccine rollout tracking, Over 8.7 million first doses of the coronavirus vaccines have been administered in Sri Lanka. Over 76% of the total population above age 30 in Sri Lanka have been administered with at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to data released. As of now over 17% of the country’s population above the age 30 has received the 2nd dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The second highest number of vaccines per day of 437,878 administered on July 26.

Highest number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered in a single day in Sri Lanka reported July 29 with 515,830 vaccine doses.