COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics

     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 61st day since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 1 327 000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 872 500 persons have received their first dose, with about 414 100 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 458 400 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 454 500 persons have received their second dose, with about 294 900 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 159 700 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
 
     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 27), about 24 600 persons have received vaccination and about 16 200 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
 
(i) About 4 300 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 200 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 100 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 3 300 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 000 persons at private doctors and clinics;
 
(iii) about 8 100 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 6 900 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 96 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 97 per cent; and
 
(v) about 3 800 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 12 400 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 10 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, six persons were discharged, three persons were admitted for observation and one person was discharged against medical advice (please see Annex 2).
 
     As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 49 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.