COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 5 989 500 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 | 1 323 600 | 2 077 800 | 3 401 500 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 034 600 | 1 553 400 | 2 588 000 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 5), about 67 000 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 | 10 600 | 24 800 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 10 700 | 21 000 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 97% | 98% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 5 400 | 26 800 |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 12 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. Eleven of them were discharged and one person was admitted for observation.
Ends/Thursday, August 5, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:49
Issued at HKT 21:49
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