Fatality among unvaccinated 20 times higher, says DG

Fatality among unvaccinated 20 times higher, says DG

Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says the Covid-19 death trend continues to decline because of wide vaccination coverage.

The health ministry says Sept 11 was the deadliest day with 592 Covid-19 deaths reported.
KUALA LUMPUR:
Covid-19 fatality is 20 times higher among the unvaccinated population compared to the vaccinated, said health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

In a Twitter post, he said the Covid-19 death trend in Malaysia continued to decline because of the wide vaccination coverage.

“Our (health ministry) data shows deaths among non-vaccinated and partially vaccinated are 3,200 persons per one million population.

“Among fully vaccinated, breakthrough deaths are only 160 per one million population, while in the boosted population (individuals who have received the booster dose), death is four persons per one million population,” he said.

Noor Hisham said based on the national Covid-19 mortality data from Jan 1 to Dec 4, the highest announced total deaths was on Sept 11 with 592 cases, and the highest announced brought-in-dead was on Sept 13 with 176 cases. The data was based on the number of mortality reports received daily, he said.

He said so far this year, 24,014 people had died in hospitals and 6,046 were brought-in-dead cases.

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