COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 1 173 100 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 773 900 persons have received their first dose, with about 389 100 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 384 900 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 399 200 persons have received their second dose, with about 250 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 149 200 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 21), about 23 400 persons have received vaccination and about 14 500 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 3 900 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 800 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 100 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 8 100 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 5 800 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 300 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 11 300 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 200 persons received their second dose of the BioNTech vaccine;
(iv) the overall percentage of people who have received the Sinovac vaccine at CVCs is about 96 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 95 per cent; and
(v) about 2 800 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 11 800 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 seven cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, five persons were discharged and two persons were admitted for observation (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 52 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/Wednesday, April 21, 2021
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