16,130,678 COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients... Increased by 34,384 from Previous Day

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-seop] The number of people receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increased by over 30,400 on the 17th.

On the 18th, the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team (Promotion Team) announced that 34,384 new first-dose vaccinations were administered the previous day.

The number of new first-dose vaccinations decreased compared to weekdays as medical institutions and local vaccination centers entrusted with vaccine administration were closed over the weekend. From the 13th to the 16th, all weekdays, the number of new first-dose vaccinations reached over 100,000 each day.

By vaccine type, Pfizer accounted for 34,364 doses, AstraZeneca (AZ) for 20 doses. There were no Moderna or Janssen vaccinations. Janssen recorded '0' vaccinations for 13 consecutive days starting from the 5th of this month.

The total cumulative number of vaccinations as of midnight that day was 16,136,780, about 31.4% of the total population. Among the cumulative first-dose recipients, 1,401,110 received AstraZeneca, and 4,536,655 received Pfizer. The total number of Moderna vaccine recipients was 63,206, and the cumulative number of Janssen vaccine recipients was 1,129,707.

The number of people who completed both doses increased by 36,553. As a result, 6,563,885 people in the country (12.8% of the total population) have completed their second dose.

Currently, vaccinations in Korea are being administered using AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Janssen, and Moderna vaccines.

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