Covid-19: 86.8 percent of adult population fully-vaccinated

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A total of 20,317,843 individuals or 86.8% of Malaysia's adult population have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of Friday (Oct 1).

Based on data shared by the Health Ministry on its CovidNow portal, about 3.2% is required for Malaysia to have vaccinated 90% of its adult vaccination.

As of Friday, 94.2 per cent or 22,059,329 adults have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, while 71,779 or 2.3% of adolescents aged between 12 and 17 completed their vaccination.

A total of 237,245 doses of the vaccine were dispensed on Friday - 103,021 first doses and 134,224 second doses, bringing the total number of doses dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 43,933,988.

PICK was launched on Feb 24 this year to curb the spread of the virus.

Meanwhile, a total of 121 deaths due to COVID-19 were reported yesterday (Oct 1), with 28 of them brought in dead (BID), bringing the total number of deaths due to the virus in the country to 26,456.

Of the total number of deaths reported yesterday, only 83 cases were the actual deaths reported for the day while the rest were backlog cases. - Bernama