COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 44th day since February 26, 2021.
      
     So far, about 791 300 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 559 800 persons have received their first dose, with about 346 100 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 213 700 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 231 500 persons have received their second dose, with about 137 800 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 93 700 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
      
     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 10), about 46 300 persons have received vaccination and about 9 700 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 2 200 persons vaccinated at eight Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 1 100 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
 
(ii) about 10 000 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 7 500 persons vaccinated at the CVCs and about 2 500 persons at private doctors and clinics;
 
(iii) about 12 900 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at 21 CVCs, and about 20 100 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 97 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at the 21 CVCs is about 98 per cent; and
 
(v) about 2 000 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 7 700 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 nine cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, seven persons were discharged and two persons were discharged against medical advice (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/Saturday, April 10, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:05

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