JKJAV: 447,035 Covid-19 vaccine jabs given on Friday (Aug 6)

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 447,035 doses of Covid-19 vaccines were given on Friday (Aug 6) across the country.

From the total, 187,756 individuals received their first dose, while 259,279 were given their second dose, according to a tweet by the Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), citing data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) on Saturday (Aug 7).

Among the states and federal territories, Johor recorded the highest number of daily first dose on Wednesday at 37, 452, followed by Sabah (33,279), Selangor (26,616), and Pahang (15,263).

For the second doses, Selangor led the country with 81,688 shots, Kuala Lumpur with 49,029 shots and Sarawak (20,605).

This brings the total cumulative doses of vaccines administered in Malaysia so far to 23,608,290 doses.