KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 19,604,699 individuals or 83.7 per cent of adults in Malaysia have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the Health Ministry\u2019s data shared on COVIDNOW portal today, 93.7 per cent or 21,944,808 of the adult population have received at least one dose of the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, 28,982 or 0.9 per cent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years have completed their vaccination as of Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In total, 269,465 vaccine doses were dispensed on Sunday, with 117,196 as the first dose and 152,269 the second, bringing the number of vaccine doses dispensed under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 41,457,628.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PICK was launched on Feb 24 this year to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, a total of 278 deaths due to COVID-19 were recorded on Sunday, bringing the country\u2019s death toll to 25,437.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the ministry\u2019s GitHub portal, of the number, nine cases were the actual deaths reported for the day (Sept 26), while the rest were backlog cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 99 deaths that was reported on Sunday were brought in dead (BID) cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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