PETALING JAYA: Malaysia administered 517,692 doses of Covid-19 vaccines on Thursday (Aug 19), says the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV).

       In a series of tweets on Friday (Aug 20), JKJAV said 180,810 people received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, while 336,882 individuals received their second dose.

       Johor administered the most first doses with 32,966 jabs given, followed by Sabah (24,803), Terengganu (17,056) and Penang (14,956).

       For second doses, Selangor led the way with 91,218 jabs, followed by Kuala Lumpur (55,776), Johor (39,199) and Sabah (31,372).

       JKJAV said that since the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme had begun, a total of 29,886,548 Covid-19 vaccine doses had been administered in the country.

       It added that so far, 76.1% of the adult population had received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, while 51.6% of the adult population had received both doses and were fully vaccinated.

       Cumulative vaccination report by state as of 19 August 2021.#LindungDiriLindungSemua pic.twitter.com/VQrfpsyIjb

       — Vaksin COVID-19