COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 743 600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 543 100 persons have received their first dose, with about 342 800 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 200 300 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 200 500 persons have received their second dose, with about 127 600 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 72 900 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 9), about 43 300 persons have received vaccination and about 12 300 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 3 300 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 700 persons vaccinated at eight Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 1 600 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 11 300 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 6 900 persons vaccinated at the CVCs and about 4 400 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 10 300 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at 21 CVCs, and about 18 400 persons received their second dose of the BioNTech vaccine;
(iv) the overall percentage of people who have received the Sinovac vaccine at the eight CVCs is about 94 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at the 21 CVCs is about 95 per cent; and
(v) about 2 700 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 9 600 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 10 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, nine persons were discharged and one person was admitted for observation (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 49 cases of stroke or myocardial infarction that required admission to the Intensive Care Unit, Acute Stroke Unit and Cardiac Care Unit of public hospitals. The state of new cases admitted to the wards concerned is provided as a cross reference to enhance fuller public understanding of cases of the kind recorded on vaccine recipients.
Ends/Friday, April 9, 2021
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