COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 2 146 700 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 254 800 persons have received their first dose, with about 536 100 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 718 700 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 891 800 persons have received their second dose, with about 397 100 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 494 700 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 23), about 28 800 persons have received vaccination and about 13 700 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 4 000 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 3 400 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 600 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 3 900 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 3 500 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 400 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 7 800 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 13 100 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 95 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 9 400 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 13 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, 12 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 43 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 23, 2021
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