KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 -- The following are the updates on COVID-19 figures in Malaysia and its Southeast Asian neighbours as at 8 pm today.
Data on COVID-19 numbers provided by the respective countries in the region and the numbers on vaccination by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John Hopkins University.
* indicates no updates yet and the figures shown are from the previous day.
| COUNTRY |
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES (Cumulative) |
NEW CASES
|
DEATHS (Cumulative) |
% OF POPULATION FULLY VACCINATED |
| INDONESIA | 4,236,287 | 903 | 143,049 | 23.18%* |
| PHILIPPINES | 2,731,735 | 4,496 | 40,972 | 22.48%* |
| MALAYSIA | 2,401,866 | 5,745 | 27,993 | 71.26%* |
| THAILAND | 1,802,934 | 9,122 | 18,407 | 35.92%* |
| VIETNAM | 870,255 | 3,034 | 21,344 | 18.50%* |
| MYANMAR | 488,875 | 1,022 | 18,388 | N/A |
| SINGAPORE | 150,731 | 2,553 | 239 | 82.07%* |
| CAMBODIA | 117,035 | 175 | 2,681 | 75.41%* |
| LAOS | 32,971 | 657 | 45 | 32.68%* |
| TIMOR LESTE | 19,730 | 11 | 120 | N/A |
| BRUNEI | 11,220 | 173 | 50 | 51.70%* |
Meanwhile, the United States (US), India and Brazil remain the top three nations with highest total number of positive cases and fatalities. Nonetheless, many countries have been reporting a slowdown in new cases and deaths in tandem with rising vaccination numbers.
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