1,588,915 individuals complete both doses of COVID-19 vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 5,675,002 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the country as of June 19.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, via a Twitter post, said a total of 1,588,915 individuals had completed two doses of the vaccine and 4,086,087 individuals had received the first dose.

The five states that recorded the highest number of vaccine recipients who had completed both doses were Selangor with 207,077 individuals, followed by Sarawak (181,690); Johor (161,082); Perak (147,250) and Kuala Lumpur (141,071).

On the daily vaccinations under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, Dr Adham said 164,282 doses were administered yesterday involving 128,400 first dose recipients and 35,882 recipients for the second dose.

Meanwhile, based on the daily report on www.vaksincovid.gov.my, a total of 15,072,779 vaccine registrations were recorded, as of yesterday.

-- BERNAMA