COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 210 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 8 474 000 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 1 607 100 2 823 300 4 430 300
Second vaccine dose 1 472 300 2 571 300 4 043 600
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 23), about 33 700 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
 
  Sinovac vaccine BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose 3 600 4 500
Number of persons receiving second dose 9 200 16 400
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) 97% 93%
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were three 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. One of them was discharged, one person was admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice.

Ends/Thursday, September 23, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:22

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