KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): Malaysia’s daily number of administered Covid-19 vaccines hit a record high of 521,923 doses yesterday (July 26), compared with 399,135 the day before.

The previous record daily number of administered Covid-19 doses was 507,050 on July 22.

Of the 521,923 shots given out yesterday, 333,621 went to first-dose recipients, while the remainder were second shots, according to the latest updates from the country’s Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), citing data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF).

The seven-day moving average of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered stood at 436,248, compared with 422,392 the day before.

Selangor recorded the highest number of first doses administered yesterday at 83,100, followed by Kuala Lumpur (51,136) and Johor (41,719).

As for second shots, Selangor led with 47,087, followed by Kuala Lumpur (34,511) and Sarawak (30,568).

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Cumulatively, 17.83 million vaccine doses had been administered in the country. Of the 33 million Malaysian population, 12.13 million people or 36.76% had gotten at least their first dose, including 5.7 million or 17.3% who had been fully inoculated.

Based on the government's target of having 80% of the population fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to achieve herd immunity, the country will need to have about 26 million people completing their two-dose vaccination.

News reports in June, quoting National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, said that the government is targeting to administer about 52 million vaccine doses to around 26 million people, accounting for the target of some 80% of the population, by December.

The number of shots to be administered from June to August is reportedly expected to more than double from 5.8 million to 14.4 million amid expectations of faster vaccine deliveries from suppliers.

Meanwhile, Malaysia’s new Covid-19 infections fell to 14,516 yesterday from 17,045 the day before. The number of active cases stood at 165,840.

Furthermore, a record high of 207 Covid-19 related fatalities was reported yesterday, bringing the country’s cumulative death toll past the 8,000 mark to 8,201.

Cumulative confirmed Covid-19 infections increased to 1.02 million versus 855,913 total recoveries.