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KUALA LUMPUR – More than half of the total percentage of Covid-19 deaths involve the elderly as of February 7, at 61.3%.
According to a tweet by Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, there have been 19,646 Covid-19 deaths involving senior citizens out of the total 32,034 deaths.
Sehingga 7 Feb 2022 336,848 warga emas (11.5%) telah dijangkiti wabak Covid-19. Seramai 32,034 kematian telah dilaporkan di mana sebanyak 19,646 (61.3%) kes kematian Covid-19 adalah melibatkan warga emas. pic.twitter.com/IhDHAVY3Gy
— Noor Hisham Abdullah (@DGHisham) February 17, 2022
He also stated that 336,848 (11.5%) of the elderly population have been infected by Covid-19.
Additionally, the percentage of vaccinated senior citizens who completed two doses has reached a peak of 96%, as of 7 February.
Sehingga 7 Feb 2022 seramai 3,335,309 (96%) warga emas telah lengkap 2 dos vaksinasi Covid-19 dan 2,258,521. (67.7%) warga emas telah menerima dos penggalak. Lengkapkan vaksinasi dan dos penggalak pic.twitter.com/U43RCZSt0y
— Noor Hisham Abdullah (@DGHisham) February 17, 2022
A total number of 3,335,309 of older Malaysians have gotten both doses, while 2,258,521 (67.7%) have received their booster shots.
Dr Noor Hisham also updated that the current infectivity rate (Rt) is now at 1.32, which is a slight decrease from yesterday’s infection rate, which sat at Rt 1.33.
Kadar kebolehjangkitan Covid-19 atau Ro/Rt pada jangkaan mengikut kes seharian pada 16 hb Feb 2022 untuk seluruh negara adalah 1.32. Manakala pecahan mengikut negeri adalah seperti di lampiran pic.twitter.com/8SxdbjL87V
— Noor Hisham Abdullah (@DGHisham) February 16, 2022
According to the Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal, data for the past two weeks showed that Sabah has the highest number of deaths at 37 victims in the country, followed by Johor with 31.
Sabah also holds the highest number of Covid-19 cases on a seven-day average, with 3,974 cases. – The Vibes, February 17, 2022
