COVID-19 Vaccine First Dose Recipients Increase by 118,347 to 58.4% of Population

Vaccinated Individuals Increase by 260,139... Total 34.6%

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] The number of people receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea increased by nearly 120,000 in one day on the 4th, approaching the 30 million mark. An additional 260,000 people completed their vaccinations.

According to the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team on the 5th, 118,347 people received their first dose of the vaccine the previous day. By vaccine type, 95,799 received Pfizer, 9,655 Moderna, 8,949 Janssen, and 3,944 AstraZeneca.

As of midnight on the day, the cumulative number of first-dose vaccinations in the country was 29,996,819, accounting for 58.4% of the total population. The cumulative first-dose vaccinations by vaccine type were 15,238,048 for Pfizer, 11,078,221 for AstraZeneca, and 2,414,408 for Moderna. The cumulative number of Janssen vaccine recipients, which requires only one dose, was 1,266,142; those vaccinated with Janssen are counted in both first and second dose figures.

On the previous day, 260,139 people completed their second dose. By vaccine type, 162,115 received AstraZeneca, 79,914 Pfizer, and 9,161 Moderna. Among the 177,473 who completed AstraZeneca vaccinations, 15,358 received AstraZeneca for the first dose and Pfizer for the second dose as a mixed vaccination.

The total number of people who completed both doses reached 17,743,649, accounting for 34.6% of the population. The cumulative number of completed vaccinations by vaccine type was 1,255,604 for AstraZeneca (including 1,567,961 mixed vaccinations), 6,101,678 for Pfizer, and 120,225 for Moderna.

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