COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 1 741 700 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 071 500 persons have received their first dose, with about 477 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 594 500 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 670 200 persons have received their second dose, with about 341 500 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 328 700 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 9), about 37 200 persons have received vaccination and about 8 900 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 3 300 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 400 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 3 300 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 3 000 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 300 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 12 100 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 18 000 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 96 per cent; and
(v) about 2 100 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 6 800 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 13 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, 10 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 33 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, May 9, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:56
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