COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 1 275 300 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 842 800 persons have received their first dose, with about 405 400 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 437 300 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 432 500 persons have received their second dose, with about 282 700 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 149 800 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 25), about 22 100 persons have received vaccination and about 10 900 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 3 700 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 3 300 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 400 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 7 600 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 7 100 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 400 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 10 700 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 100 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 94 per cent; and
(v) about 2 600 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 8 300 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 11 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, 10 persons were discharged and one person was admitted for observation (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 45 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 25, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:55
Issued at HKT 21:55
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