COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 8 405 000 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 | 1 600 300 | 2 812 300 | 4 412 500 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 455 600 | 2 536 900 | 3 992 500 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 20), about 24 900 persons have received vaccination and about 4 000 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 3 200 | 4 300 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 6 900 | 10 500 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 96% | 91% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 700 | 3 300 |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were five 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. Four of them were discharged and one person was discharged against medical advice.
Ends/Monday, September 20, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:43
Issued at HKT 21:43
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