COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for 212 days since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 8 550 400 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 1 614 500 2 837 000 4 451 400
Second vaccine dose 1 487 800 2 611 200 4 099 000
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (September 25), about 39 000 persons have received vaccination. Details are as follows:
 
  Sinovac vaccine BioNTech vaccine
Number of persons receiving first dose 3 100 6 900
Number of persons receiving second dose 7 200 21 700
Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) 96% 89%
* The numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
 
     In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were seven 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. Five of them were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice.

Ends/Saturday, September 25, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:17

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