COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 7 741 600 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 | 1 538 700 | 2 666 600 | 4 205 300 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 319 300 | 2 217 000 | 3 536 300 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 3), about 56 000 persons have received vaccination and about 9 100 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 5 300 | 17 100 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 11 000 | 22 600 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 96% | 97% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 1 600 | 7 500 |
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. Six of them were discharged, two persons were admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice.
Ends/Friday, September 3, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:13
Issued at HKT 22:13
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