KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): A total of 117,563 Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered throughout the nation yesterday, the highest recorded since May, according to Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
In a Twitter post today, the health minister said a total of 109,827 individuals received their first jab yesterday while 7,736 individuals received their second dose.
Cumulatively, based on data prepared by the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), 3.33 million doses have been administered thus far.
So far, 2.21 million individuals have received their first dose of the vaccine while 1.12 million individuals have been fully inoculated with two vaccine doses.
For the first dose, Kuala Lumpur led the country with 372,242, followed by Selangor (320,439), Johor (203,667), Sarawak (201,797) and Perak (176,747).
Meanwhile, Selangor reported the highest numbers of individuals who have been fully vaccinated with 145,636, followed by Sarawak (116,399), Perak (105,302), Johor (97,983) and Sabah (89,821).
Yesterday, National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said Malaysia’s vaccination rate had surpassed Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Khairy, who is also the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, said the government had set a target of giving 150,000 vaccine shots per day by June before increasing them to 200,000 shots by July.
He said the target could be achieved through the establishment of more vaccination centres, including 1,000 private clinics nationwide as well as through the drive-through system.
Separately, Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases climbed to 8,209 yesterday, while 103 more deaths were recorded, the second straight day of triple-digit fatalities.
This brought total fatalities to 3,095, almost double the toll as of May 1. The virus has killed 1,575 individuals in the country over the past month.
