KUALA LUMPUR: Over six million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country as at June 21, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

       He said that as of Monday, a total of 4, 384, 441 individuals had received the first dose and 1, 666, 757 had completed the second dose, bringing the total doses administered to 6, 051, 198.

       Dr Adham, via a tweet, said that the five states recording the highest number of recipients receiving two doses were Selangor with 216, 386 people, followed by Sarawak (188, 289), Johor (176, 080), Perak (154, 422) and Kuala Lumpur (145, 906).

       On the daily vaccinations under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, he added that a total of 235, 623 doses were administered yesterday – the highest since vaccination started on Feb 24.

       He said of the total, 181, 840 were recipients of the first dose of the vaccine while another 53, 783 recipients received the second dose. — Bernama