COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 8 278 400 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 | 1 589 300 | 2 786 800 | 4 376 100 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 429 200 | 2 473 100 | 3 902 300 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 16), about 30 700 persons have received vaccination and about 5 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 3 300 | 5 400 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 7 400 | 14 700 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 96% | 94% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 900 | 4 200 |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were six 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. Five of them were discharged and one person was admitted for observation.
Ends/Thursday, September 16, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:37
Issued at HKT 21:37
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