COVID-19 Vaccination Programme statistics

     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been implemented for the 95th day since February 26, 2021.
 
     So far, about 2 400 400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public (please see Annex 1). Among them, about 1 379 400 persons have received their first dose, with about 594 800 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 784 700 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine. About 1 021 000 persons have received their second dose, with about 436 000 persons receiving the Sinovac vaccine and about 584 900 persons receiving the BioNTech vaccine.
 
     In the last 24 hours ending at 8pm today (May 31), about 36 400 persons have received vaccination and about 37 700 new vaccination bookings have been made online, detailed as follows:
 
(i) About 9 800 persons received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 4 900 persons vaccinated at Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and about 4 900 persons at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme;
 
(ii) about 6 200 persons received their second dose of the Sinovac vaccine, including about 2 900 persons vaccinated at CVCs and about 3 300 persons at private doctors and clinics;
 
(iii) about 10 200 persons received their first dose of the BioNTech vaccine at CVCs, and about 10 100 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 12 300 persons have made online bookings for receiving their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine, while about 25 400 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 four cases of ambulance transfers to hospitals. Among them, two persons were discharged, one person was 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 42 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.