COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 141 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 4 707 900 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 1 130 200 1 633 500 2 763 700
Second vaccine dose 804 300 1 139 900 1 944 200
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (July 16), about 68 900 persons have received vaccination and about 32 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
 
  Sinovac vaccine BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose 10 500 21 800
Number of persons receiving second dose 15 300 21 400
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) 97% 99%
Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses 5 100 27 100
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 11 cases of ambulance transfer to hospital from CVCs. They were sent to hospital after experiencing common side effects after vaccination and were in stable condition. Ten of them were discharged and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.

Ends/Friday, July 16, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:34

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