KOTA KINABALU: Beaufort and Putatan are the first two districts in Sabah to get 100% of the adult population with at least the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

       Sabah Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said it was based on the statistics compiled as of Wednesday (Sept 8).

       "This is followed by Kuala Penyu at 94%, Kota Kinabalu at 86.7% and Sipitang at 81.5%," he said in a statement on Friday (Sept 10).

       Based on the Sept 8 statistics, Kinabatangan has the lowest vaccination rate with 36.95% of the adult population receiving at least the first jab.

       This was followed by Tongod (43.19%) and Semporna (47.95%).

       On the vaccination rate in the state, 49.5% of Sabah folks have completed their inoculation while 65.8% have at least the first jab.

       On Friday, Sabah recorded 2,246 cases, down marginally by 52 infections from 2,298 previously.

       Kota Kinabalu has the highest with 302 cases.

       A new cluster - Sawit Perpaduan in Kinabatangan - brought 91 cumulative cases.

       "Category 2 patients are still the highest with 1,473 or 65.6% to the overall tally.

       "There are 712 (31.77%) patients under Category 1," he said, adding that the remaining were serious cases under Category 3 to Category 5.