News by Syafiqah Salim

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 47% of the deaths comprised those that had comorbidities

Today's tally marked the third time that Malaysia has logged over 20,000 daily cases. These new infections came from the testing of 143,661 individuals nationwide, indicating a positivity rate of 14.46%.

... when more than half of the adult population in the states that are in the National Recovery Plan Phase One are fully inoculated. 

Fully inoculated individuals are defined as someone who has received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccines for more than 14 days.

Meanwhile, 7.038 million people or 30% of the adult population have received at least one dose of vaccine.

Another 210 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, lifting the country's total fatalities due to the pandemic to 10,389

Meanwhile, a total of 6.14 million people or 99.6% of the adult population in the three states — Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya — had received at least their first dose

From 19,819 reported the day before — pushing further active cases to a new high of 217,061

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the vaccine was manufactured by Rovi Pharma Industrial Services of Spain while the product registration holder is Zuellig Pharma Sdn Bhd

The Covid-19 virus has killed a total of 9,384 individuals in this year alone, compared with just 471 deaths in all of 2020