COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics

     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 85th day since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 2 081 100 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 227 100 persons have received their first dose, with about 527 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 700 100 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 853 900 persons have received their second dose, with about 388 300 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 465 600 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
 
     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 21), about 30 700 persons have received vaccination and about 12 600 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
 
(i) About 5 100 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 500 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 2 500 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
 
(ii) about 4 700 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 1 900 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 2 800 persons at private doctors and clinics;
 
(iii) about 8 800 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 12 000 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 96 per cent; while the overall percentage of people who have received the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs is about 96 per cent; and
 
(v) about 4 500 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 8 100 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 10 cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, seven persons were discharged, one person was discharged against medical advice, one person was admitted for observation, and one person was admitted and was in serious condition (please see Annex 2).
 
     As background information, in the last 24 hours ending at 0.00am today, there were 52 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.