COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 981 000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 648 900 persons have received their first dose, with about 363 400 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 285 500 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 332 100 persons have received their second dose, with about 188 700 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 143 400 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 15), about 29 900 persons have received vaccination and about 21 400 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 4 000 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 900 persons vaccinated at eight Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 100 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 11 300 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 7 900 persons vaccinated at the CVCs and about 3 400 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 12 600 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at 21 CVCs, and about 2 000 persons received their second dose of the BioNTech vaccine;
(iv) the overall percentage of people who have received the Sinovac vaccine at the eight CVCs is about 97 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at the 21 CVCs is about 93 per cent; and
(v) about 4 300 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 17 100 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were seven cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, three persons were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and three persons were discharged against medical advice (please see Annex 2).
As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 43 cases of stroke or myocardial infarction that required admission to the Intensive Care Unit, Acute Stroke Unit and Cardiac Care Unit of public hospitals. The state of new cases admitted to the wards concerned is provided as a cross reference to enhance fuller public understanding of cases of the kind recorded on vaccine recipients.
Ends/Thursday, April 15, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:31
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