KUALA LUMPUR, A total of 11,710,970 individuals or 50 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia have received their COVID-19 booster dose as of Friday.

According to the Health Ministry’s COVIDNOW portal, a total of 22,923,144 individuals or 97.9 per cent of adults in the country have completed their COVID-19 vaccine dose, while 23,200,399 individuals or 99.1 per cent of the group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

As for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, a total of 2,787,267 individuals or 88.6 per cent have completed their vaccination, while another 2,867,165 individuals or 91.1 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

The daily statistics also showed a total of 178,567 vaccine doses were administered on Friday, 1,635 as the first dose, 2,573 the second and another 174,359 as booster doses, bringing the cumulative total dispensed under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme to 63,284,490, including 11,710,970 booster doses.

Meanwhile, new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia continue to show an upward trend after 5,522 infections were recorded Friday compared to 5,439 cases Thursday.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said with this latest development, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the country was at 2,855,930 as of noon Friday.

A total of 12 COVID-19 deaths were recorded Friday including one brought-in-dead (BID) case.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK