COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics
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So far, about 6 180 100 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 | 1 350 700 | 2 143 300 | 3 493 900 |
| Second vaccine dose | 1 061 400 | 1 624 700 | 2 686 200 |
In the 24 hours ending at 8pm today (August 8), about 55 300 persons have received vaccination and about 16 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online. Details are as follows:
| Sinovac vaccine | BioNTech vaccine | |
| Number of persons receiving first dose | 5 800 | 24 300 |
| Number of persons receiving second dose | 5 500 | 19 800 |
| Overall percentage of persons receiving vaccines at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) | 96% | 98% |
| Number of online bookings for receiving first and second vaccine doses | 2 900 | 13 200 |
In the 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 12 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. Nine of them were discharged and three persons were admitted for observation.
Ends/Sunday, August 8, 2021
Issued at HKT 22:05
Issued at HKT 22:05
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