COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 7 526 800 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 | 1 515 500 | 2 604 200 | 4 119 700 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 275 900 | 2 131 200 | 3 407 100 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 30), about 63 700 persons have received vaccination and about 11 500 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 7 100 | 16 100 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 13 600 | 26 900 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 96% | 97% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 2 200 | 9 300 |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 16 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. Nine of them were discharged, four persons were admitted for observation and three persons were discharged against medical advice.
Ends/Monday, August 30, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:24
Issued at HKT 21:24
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