52.3% of adults given booster dose

PETALING JAYA: A total of 12,248,506 adults or 52.3% of the group in the country have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of Friday.

Overall, according to the CovidNow portal, a total of 22,928,468 individuals or 97.9% of the adult population have completed their Covid-19 vaccination, while 99.1% or 23,207,237 have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

As for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, a total of 2,790,792 or 88.7% have completed the vaccination, while 2,868,578 individuals or 91.2% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

A total of 90,406 vaccine doses were dispensed on Friday, with 2,661 as the first dose, 1,716 as the second dose and 86,029 as booster dose, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 63,838,774.

Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry’s Github portal, 11 Covid-19 deaths were reported on Friday with Johor recording three, two each in Penang and Sabah while Kedah, Selangor, Terengganu and Perak reported one each.