KUALA LUMPUR, 15 JULY: For the third day in a row, Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 vaccination rate surpassed 400,000 doses, with 434,828 doses provided yesterday (July 14). On Tuesday (July 13), 424,541 doses were provided across the country, compared to 421,479 doses on Monday.
According to tweets by the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV), citing data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force, 279,938 of the current 434,828 doses were supplied to first-dose users, while 154,890 received their second dose (CITF).
The seven-day moving average increased to 373,028 from 364,602 earlier, in line with the growing number of daily dosages delivered.
On Wednesday, Selangor had the largest number of daily shots for initial dosages, with 87,284, followed by Kuala Lumpur (48,343) and Sarawak (48,343). (21,484).
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Sarawak had the largest number of daily jabs with 52,652, followed by Selangor (26,862) and Kuala Lumpur (26,862). (22,266).
A total of 12.65 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccination have been distributed across the country.
Out of the country’s 32.72 million people, four million have gotten their second vaccine shot, indicating that they are now fully immunized, marking a vaccination rate of 12.23 percent.
Meanwhile, 4.641 million people have had their first vaccination. In total, 8.644 million people have had at least one dose of vaccination.
Malaysia is now distributing Covid-19 vaccinations from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Sinovac, all of which are two-dose regimens.
Yesterday, the government reported a new high of 11,618 new Covid-19 cases, marking the second day in a row that new cases had surpassed the 11,000 threshold.
Since the first coronavirus case was recorded in the country in late January last year, the current number of active cases has risen to 101,359, marking the first time it has surpassed 100,000.
To far, Malaysia has had 867,567 Covid-19 infections./n
