COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 99 days since February 26, 2021.
      
     So far, about 2 547 300 doses of vaccines have been administered under the Vaccination Programme. Details are as follows:
 
  Number of persons receiving Sinovac vaccine Number of persons receiving BioNTech vaccine Total number of doses
First vaccine dose 642 500 829 400 1 471 900
Second vaccine dose 457 500 618 000 1 075 400
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (June 4), about 44 600 persons have received vaccination and about 29 100 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 
  Sinovac vaccine BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose 12 900 16 000
Number of persons receiving second dose 5 300 10 400
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) 96% 97%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses 11 300 17 800
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were six cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs or designated general out-patient clinics of the Hospital. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. Five of them were discharged and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Friday, June 4, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:51

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