KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 22,811,773 individuals or 97.4% of adults in Malaysia have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of Saturday.

       Based on the Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal, a total of 23,118,828 individuals or 98.7% of adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, Bernama reported.

       As for the adolescent population aged between 12 and 17, 86.9% or 2,734,262 individuals have completed the vaccination while 2,832,995 individuals or 90% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

       A total of 71,650 doses of the vaccine were given yesterday, involving 1,230 as the first dose, 1,932 as the second dose and 68,488 as booster doses.

       This brings the cumulative number of doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 55,803,470, including 4,500,495 booster doses.