COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 6 248 700 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 | 1 360 900 | 2 167 800 | 3 528 700 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 073 600 | 1 646 400 | 2 720 000 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 9), about 68 600 persons have received vaccination and about 21 400 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 10 300 | 24 500 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 12 100 | 21 700 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 97% | 98% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 4 200 | 17 200 |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 12 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. Eight of them were discharged, three persons were discharged against medical advice and one person left hospital without seeking any consultation.
Ends/Monday, August 9, 2021
Issued at HKT 21:57
Issued at HKT 21:57
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