COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 2 364 000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 359 400 persons have received their first dose, with about 585 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 774 400 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 1 004 600 persons have received their second dose, with about 429 800 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 574 800 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 30), about 35 200 persons have received vaccination and about 26 900 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
(i) About 7 400 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 6 200 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 1 200 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
(ii) about 5 300 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 4 600 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 600 persons at private doctors and clinics;
(iii) about 9 800 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 12 800 persons received their second dose of the BioNTech vaccine;
(iv) the overall percentage of people who have received the Sinovac vaccine at CVCs is about 97 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 97 per cent; and
(v) about 8 600 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 18 300 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 nine cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, seven persons were discharged and two 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 37 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/Sunday, May 30, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:39
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