Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. -Bernama filepic
PETALING JAYA: A clinical audit reveals that only four fully vaccinated individuals had died of Covid-19 out of nearly 13,000 fatalities, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
The Health director-general said a further 80 Covid-19 deaths involved individuals who had received a single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
"Our recent clinical audit data analysis on the 'breakthrough deaths' showed that among the overall 12,993 deaths recorded, 80 cases had been partially vaccinated (0.6%) and four cases had full vaccination (0.03%)," Dr Noor Hisham said in a tweet Wednesday (Aug 18).
As of Tuesday (Aug 17), Malaysia had recorded a total of 13,077 Covid-19 fatalities.
Dr Noor Hisham has not revealed further details of the study yet.
Our recent clinical audit data analysis on the “breakthrough deaths” showed that among the overall 12,993 deaths recorded, 80 cases had been partially vaccinated (0.6%) and 4 cases had full vaccination (0.03%).
— Noor Hisham Abdullah (@DGHisham) August 18, 2021