COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 1 057 200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 697 300 persons have received their first dose, with about 372 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 325 300 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 359 900 persons have received their second dose, with about 212 700 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 147 200 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 17), about 39 400 persons have received vaccination and about 20 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 4 000 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 600 persons vaccinated at eight Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 1 400 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 12 100 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 9 700 persons vaccinated at the CVCs and about 2 400 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 21 400 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at 21 CVCs, and about 1 900 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 95 per cent; and
(v) about 3 700 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 16 500 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 14 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, 10 persons were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and three 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 44 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 17, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:33
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