COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics

     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 62nd day since February 26, 2021.

     So far, about 1 351 800 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 884 200 persons have received their first dose, with about 418 800 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 465 500 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 467 600 persons have received their second dose, with about 300 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 167 600 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.

     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (April 28), about 24 800 persons have received vaccination and about 17 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
 
(i) About 4 700 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 200 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 500 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
 
(ii) about 5 100 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 3 300 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 1 800 persons at private doctors and clinics;
 
(iii) about 7 100 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 7 900 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 4 400 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 13 200 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 13 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, eight persons were discharged, two persons were admitted for observation and three persons were discharged against medical advice (please see Annex 2).

     As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 47 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.