COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 1 926 200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 154 000 persons have received their first dose, with about 502 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 652 000 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 772 200 persons have received their second dose, with about 364 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 408 200 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 15), about 37 500 persons have received vaccination and about 9 100 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 4 200 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 800 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 1 300 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 4 300 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 700 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 1 600 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 11 700 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 17 400 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 96 per cent; and
(v) about 3 000 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 6 100 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 12 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, eight persons were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and three persons were discharged against medical advice (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 62 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/Saturday, May 15, 2021
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