COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 7 463 000 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 | 1 508 400 | 2 588 100 | 4 096 400 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 262 300 | 2 104 300 | 3 366 600 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 29), about 51 100 persons have received vaccination and about 7 700 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 3 300 | 15 500 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 6 900 | 25 400 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 97% | 97% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 1 300 | 6 300 |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 10 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, four persons were admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice.
Ends/Sunday, August 29, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:33
Issued at HKT 21:33
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