KUALA LUMPUR: The vaccination rate for the adult population in Malaysia is close to 100%, with a total of 22,878,955 individuals or 97.7% having completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.
Based on the health ministry’s CovidNow portal, a total of 23,164,441 individuals or 98.9% of the adult group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
For the adolescent population aged between 12 and 17, a total of 2,764,980 individuals or 87.8% have completed the vaccination, while 2,855,467 or 90.7% of the group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
A total of 216,668 doses of vaccine were administered yesterday, with 2,627 of them as the first dose, 3,383 as the second dose, and 210,658 as booster doses.
This comes to a total of 59,033,667 doses, including 7,570,846 in booster doses, that have been dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as of yesterday.