40% of adults in Malta have received first COVID-19 vaccine dose

Four in 10 adults in Malta have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Malta currently has the highest rate of full coronavirus vaccine coverage within the European Union.

With 12.1% of the Maltese population having received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Malta is ahead of Hungary with 9.8% and Denmark with 7.9%.

Data taken from the ECDC shows the top three countries for first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

Data taken from the ECDC shows the top three counrties for second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

The data covers EU countries and the European Economic Area.

Malta also has the highest first dose rate, with 29.9% of the population having received the first dose, followed by Hungary with 25.5% and Estonia with 19%.

As of Monday, Malta administered 215,700 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, of which 59,032 were second doses.

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