COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 1 196 700 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 789 300 persons have received their first dose, with about 392 900 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 396 400 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 407 400 persons have received their second dose, with about 258 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 149 400 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 22), about 23 500 persons have received vaccination and about 14 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 3 800 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 600 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 300 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 8 000 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 5 600 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 400 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 11 500 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 98 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 94 per cent; and
(v) about 3 300 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 11 400 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 eight cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, five persons were discharged, two 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 40 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/Thursday, April 22, 2021
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