Statistics for COVID-19 Vaccination Programme

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     Under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme which started on February 26, as of 8pm today (March 8), a total of about 9 900 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine in the past 24 hours, including about 6 100 persons receiving vaccination at eight Community Vaccination Centres, and about 3 100 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme.

     The overall percentage of people who booked and received the Sinovac vaccine at the eight community vaccination centres is about 72 per cent today.

     So far a cumulative total of about 103 800 persons have received the first dose of vaccination (Annex 1), including about 101 700 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 2 100 persons receiving the Comirnaty vaccine.

     For the past 24 hours ended at 0000 hours today, there were eight cases of ambulance transfer to hospital. Among them, five cases did not require hospital admission, two cases were discharged, and one case was admitted for observation (Annex 2).

Ends/Monday, March 8, 2021
Issued at HKT 23:52

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