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COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 67th day since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 1 529 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 971 900 persons have received their first dose, with about 445 800 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 526 100 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 557 600 persons have received their second dose, with about 322 600 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 235 000 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
 
     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 3), about 37 600 persons have received vaccination and about 21 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
 
(i) About 7 000 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 3 200 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 3 800 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
 
(ii) about 2 500 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 000 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 600 persons at private doctors and clinics;
 
(iii) about 12 700 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 15 300 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 94 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 97 per cent; and
 
(v) about 4 300 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 17 300 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 six cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, five 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 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/Monday, May 3, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:16
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