COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 834 800 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 578 900 persons have received their first dose, with about 348 600 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 230 300 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 255 900 persons have received their second dose, with about 146 700 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 109 200 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 11), about 43 200 persons have received vaccination and about 8 300 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 2 500 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 300 persons vaccinated at eight Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 200 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 8 800 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 8 300 persons vaccinated at the CVCs and about 500 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 16 500 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at 21 CVCs, and about 15 400 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 97 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at the 21 CVCs is about 96 per cent; and
(v) about 1 800 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 6 500 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 13 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, nine persons were discharged, three persons were admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 35 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/Sunday, April 11, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:58
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