COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 104 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 2 748 900 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 705 000 903 400 1 608 400
Second vaccine dose 480 100 660 400 1 140 600
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (June 9), about 32 800 persons have received vaccination and about 34 300 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 
  Sinovac vaccine BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose 13 000 11 400
Number of persons receiving second dose 3 700 4 700
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) 96% 97%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses 11 900 22 500
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were nine cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs or designated general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. Four of them were discharged, four persons were admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice.

Ends/Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:42

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