KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 454,194 children or 12.8% of the child population, aged from five to 11 in Malaysia, has received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Saturday.

       Based on data from CovidNow, 13,924,411 or 59.2% of the adult population in the country has received the booster dose, 22,943,785 or 97.5% has been given two doses while 23,220,757 or 98.7% has received at least one dose.

       For teenagers, aged from 12 to 17, a total of 2,798,646 individuals or 89.9% from the group has completed the vaccination while 2,883,444 or 92.6% has received at least one dose.

       A total of 151,156 doses of vaccine injections were administered on Saturday involving 72,991 first dose injections, 648 full dosage injections and 77,517 booster shots, bringing the cumulative vaccine doses given out under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to date to 66,018,432.

       According to the Health Ministry’s GitHub portal, 34 deaths due to Covid-19 were recorded on Saturday with Johor reporting eight cases, followed by Sabah (seven), Selangor (five), Melaka (four), two each in Kedah, Negri Sembilan and Perak while Kelantan, Penang, Sarawak and Terengganu had one fatality each. — Bernama