COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics

     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 74th day since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 1 776 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 087 200 persons have received their first dose, with about 481 800 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 605 400 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 689 300 persons have received their second dose, with about 344 600 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 344 700 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
 
     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 10), about 34 700 persons have received vaccination and about 12 000 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
 
(i) About 4 900 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 300 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 600 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
 
(ii) about 3 100 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 500 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 1 600 persons at private doctors and clinics;
 
(iii) about 10 800 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 16 000 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 94 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 97 per cent; and
 
(v) about 2 900 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 9 100 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 seven cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, four persons were discharged, one person was admitted for observation and two 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 46 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.