COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 5 856 800 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 | 1 302 500 | 2 028 300 | 3 330 800 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 013 400 | 1 512 600 | 2 526 000 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 3), about 68 700 persons have received vaccination and about 51 800 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 13 600 | 24 700 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 10 900 | 19 500 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 97% | 98% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 7 200 | 44 600 |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 15 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. Thirteen of them were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice.
Ends/Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:38
Issued at HKT 21:38
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