MALAYSIA today logged 18,815 fresh Covid-19 infections, taking the national caseload to 2,049,750, director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
 
According to Health Ministry statistics, Sarawak recorded the highest number of cases in the last 24 hours with 3,660 infections. 
 
Selangor was next, recording 2,718 cases, while Johor reported 2,206 cases.

Other states that reported new cases today are Sabah (1,982) Kuala Lumpur (493), Kedah (1,233), Negri Sembilan (170), Penang (1,777), Kelantan (1,222), Perak (1,446), Malacca (269), Pahang (712), Terengganu (814), Putrajaya (22) and Perlis (80).

The region with the lowest case count is Labuan with only 11 cases.

According to the CovidNow website, Malaysia has fully vaccinated 76.2% of its adult population – or 17.8 million people – as part of the national Covid-19 immunisation programme. 

It reported that 248,810 people received a shot yesterday, with 68,534 getting their first dose and 180,276 their second jab.

More than 39 million doses have been administered since the vaccination programme’s rollout on February 24.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the government expected 80% of the adult population to be vaccinated by the end of October, by which time the Covid-19 situation would be considered endemic.  – September 16, 2021.