More than 12.1 million adults given booster dose

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of adults in Malaysia who have received the Covid-19 booster dose has increased to 12,157,974 individuals or 51.9% of the adult population in the country.

Based on the CovidNow portal, a total of 22,927,434 individuals or 97.9% of the adult population in the country have completed the vaccination as of Thursday while 99.1% or 23,204,846 individuals have received at least one dose.

For those aged between 12 and 17, a total of 2,789,988 individuals or 88.6% have completed their vaccination while 2,868,262 individuals or 91.1% have received at least one dose.

A total of 100,810 doses were dispensed on Thursday, involving 2,497 as first dose, 2,603 as second dose and 95,710 as boosters.

This brought the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 63,743,710 doses.

According to the Health Ministry’s Github portal, eight deaths due to Covid-19 were reported on Thursday – three in Perak, two in Kedah and one each in Johor, Kelantan and Pahang. — Bernama