KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (July 7): Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 immunization rate increased to 340,043 yesterday (July 6) from 313,761 the day before, making it the country’s highest daily vaccination rate. This is also the second day in a row that the number of daily doses provided has surpassed 300,000. According to the latest tweet from the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV), which cites data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force, 206,757 jabs were provided as the first dosage and 133,286 persons had received their second dose (CITF).
The seven-day moving average increased to 262,230 from 246,757 the day before, in line with the rising number of daily jabs.
Selangor had the most first doses administered, with 57,473, followed by Kuala Lumpur (39,031) and Sarawak (39,031). (27,980).
Sarawak had the highest number of people fully immunized, with 31,289, followed by Selangor (22,525) and Kuala Lumpur (22,525). (14,124).
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In total, 9.66 million persons in the country have been vaccinated, with 20.75 percent, or 6.79 million, receiving their first doses and the remaining 2.87 million, or 8.77 percent, receiving full vaccinations.
Malaysia reported 7,654 new Covid-19 instances yesterday, bringing the total number of active cases to 72,201, the highest level in 31 days since June 5.
According to the Ministry of Health, about 43% of new cases were detected in Selangor, where many areas and sub-districts are under the Enhanced Movement Control Order for two weeks till July 16. (MoH).
In Kuala Lumpur, there were 1,550 new cases reported today, up from 819 the day before. This is the largest number of new infections per day ever recorded in Malaysia’s capital.
The number of new cases in Negeri Sembilan, which has a population of 1.13 million people, was likewise stubbornly high yesterday, at 698.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country was 792,693./n
