Covid-19: 67.4% of Sabah's adult population fully vaxxed, says Masidi

KOTA KINABALU (Bernama): A total of 1,859,799 people, or 67.4% of the adult population, in Sabah have completed their COVID-19 vaccinations as of Tuesday (Oct 5), says Datuk Masidi Manjun.

The Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister also said that as of Tuesday, 2,061,944 people, or 74.8% of the adult population in Sabah, had received at least one dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine.

"Currently, 282,982 teens, aged 12 to 17 years old, in Sabah have been partially vaccinated,” he said in a statement Wednesday (Oct 6).

On the development of Covid-19 cases, the Sabah Covid-19 spokesman said that the number of infections in Sabah was not static following a rise on Tuesday while there was a slight drop of 15 cases for a total of 790 new Covid-19 infections recorded Wednesday.

"From that total, 90.38% are Category 1 and 2, which only requires self-treatment at home or quarantine at the low-risk Covid-19 treatment centre, and the rest are Category 3, 4 and 5,” he added.

He said that 1,472 patients recovered on Wednesday, bringing the total number of recoveries in the state to 188,294, with 2,627 patients still requiring treatment. - Bernama