KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,239,194 children aged five to 11 years old, or 34.9% of the cohort in the country, have received their first dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Saturday (March 19).

       As for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years old, the Health Ministry's CovidNow portal reported that 2,842,480 individuals, or 91.4% of the those eligible, have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 while 2,941,159, or 94.6%, have received at least one dose of a two-dose vaccine.

       For the country's adult population, a total of 15,446,895 individuals, or 65.7% of the group, have received the Covid-19 booster dose and a total of 22,941,756 individuals, or 97.5% of the group, have been fully vaccinated while 23,217,449, or 98.7%, have received at least one dose of a vaccine.

       On Saturday, 40,418 doses were administered with 18,273 as first doses, 1,709 as second jabs and 20,436 as booster doses, bringing the cumulative total number of vaccine doses dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 68,418,688.

       Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry’s GitHub data repository, a total of 85 deaths due to Covid-19 were recorded on Saturday with Johor reporting the most at 18 cases, followed by Perak with 17 cases, Selangor (15), Kedah (10) and Penang (five).

       Pahang and Melaka reported four cases each, Kuala Lumpur and Kelantan (three cases each), Sabah and Sarawak (two cases each) while Terengganu and Putrajaya each recorded one case. - Bernama