SL has highest rate of daily COVID-19 vaccination, Our World in Data shows

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Sri Lanka has the highest rate of daily COVID-19 vaccine doses administered per 100 people, Our World in Data shows.

Data compiled on 17 June by Our World in Data, a project of the Global Change Data Lab, shows that Sri Lanka’s rate of vaccines per million was 1.28, the highest in the world.

Malaysia follows with a rate of 1.25, with Portugal at 1.23 and Cambodia at 1.13.

Sri Lanka had the third highest rate since 14 July, when Sri Lanka’s rate was 1.00, Portugal’s rate was 1.36 and Ecuador’s rate was 1.56. On 15 July, Ecuador was at 1.73, Portugal was at 1.32 and Sri Lanka was at 1.14. On 16 July, Ecuador was at 1.81, Portugal at 1.28 and Sri Lanka at 1.24.

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