KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,176,530 or 33.1% of children aged five to 11 in the country have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids).
According to the CovidNOW portal, 1,727,791 children or 48.6% of the group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
As for teenagers aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,914,167 individuals or 93.7% have completed their vaccination while 3,010,754 or 96.8% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
At the same time, a total of 16,098,582 individuals or 68.4% of the adult population have received the booster dose.
Meanwhile, 22,974,695 individuals or 97.6% have completed two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and 23,251,418 individuals or 98.8% have received at least one dose of the vaccine, Bernama reported.
As for daily doses, a total of 13,302 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were dispensed on Tuesday, with 7,404 as first dose, 3,810 second dose and 2,088 booster dose.
This brings the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 70,939,755.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry’s GitHub portal reported seven Covid-19 deaths, with two cases each in Kedah and Selangor while one each in Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Terengganu.