KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 24,542,437 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as of Sunday.

       Of this number, 15,772,101 individuals received their first dose while 8,770,336 got their second dose, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba in an infographic post on Twitter.

       “By percentage, 48.3% of the country’s population have received the first dose while 26.9% have completed the two-dose vaccination,” he said.

       On the daily vaccination rate, he said 389,641 doses were administered on Sunday, with 156,816 being first-dose injections and 232,825 for the second jab.

       The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme was launched on Feb 24. — Bernama