KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 2,834,807 individuals or 91.1% of the adolescent population aged 12 to 17 in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as at Thursday.

       Based on the CovidNow website, 2,934,891 individuals or 94.3% of the population have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

       For children aged between five and 11 years, a total of 1,097,425 or 30.9% of the group has received the first dose under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as at Thursday.

       For the adult population in the country, 15,202,158 individuals or 64.6% have received the Covid-19 booster dose, while 22,932,696 individuals or 97.5% of the population have completed their vaccination and 23,209,324 individuals or 98.7% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

       Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry’s GitHub portal, 70 deaths due to Covid-19 were recorded on Thursday, with 20 cases recorded in Perak, followed by Selangor (11), Johor (10) and Kelantan (nine). — Bernama