COVID-19 Vaccine First Dose Inoculations Increase by 57,846 in One Day... 30.3% of Population Vaccinated

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The number of people receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increased by approximately 57,000 per day.

According to the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team (Promotion Team) on the 10th, the number of new first-dose recipients the previous day was 57,846.

By vaccine type, there were 51,092 for Pfizer, 6,380 for Moderna, and 374 for AstraZeneca (AZ). There were no Janssen vaccine recipients for five days starting from the 5th of this month.

As of midnight on the day, the total cumulative number of first-dose recipients in the country was 15,573,316, which corresponds to 30.3% of the total population (51,349,116 as of December last year).

Looking at the cumulative first-dose recipients by vaccine, AstraZeneca had the highest number with 10,398,938, followed by Pfizer with 3,982,630. The cumulative number of first-dose recipients for the Moderna vaccine, which began on the 17th of last month, was 62,062. The cumulative number of Janssen vaccine recipients, which started on the 10th of last month, was 1,129,686. People who received the Janssen vaccine, which requires only one dose, are included in both the first and second dose counts.

Additionally, the number of people who completed the second dose increased by 117,487. Among them, 35,528 received Pfizer. Including Pfizer cross-vaccination, the number of people who completed AstraZeneca vaccination was 81,959 (with 70,989 cross-vaccinations). The total number of people who completed both doses increased to 5,801,997, accounting for 11.3% of the entire population.

By vaccine type, the number of second-dose recipients was 3,441,148 for Pfizer, 1,231,163 for AstraZeneca (220,400 cross-vaccinations), and the rest were Janssen recipients.

Among the 12,506,640 AstraZeneca vaccination targets, 83.1% completed the first dose. The vaccination rate for both doses was 9.8%.

For Pfizer, among the total 4,668,339 targets, 85.3% completed the first dose and 73.7% completed the second dose. For the Janssen vaccine, 99.7% of the 1,133,498 priority vaccination targets completed vaccination.

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