Vaccine Completion Rate at 78%... Cumulative Vaccinated People Approaching 40 Million

39,997,410 Vaccinations Completed
Total 3,937 Adverse Reaction Reports in 3 Days
15 Additional Death Reports Over Three Days

On the 8th, when the additional COVID-19 vaccination (booster shot) began for Janssen vaccine recipients and inpatients, residents, and workers of nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, a Janssen vaccine recipient is receiving a booster shot at Yonsei With ENT Clinic in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The COVID-19 vaccination completion rate in South Korea has approached 78%. The cumulative number of people who have completed vaccination is about to surpass 40 million.

According to the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team on the 13th, the number of people who completed vaccination increased by 148,147 from the previous day.

The vaccination completion rate is 77.9% of the country's population (51,349,116 as of the end of last year), and 90.2% of the population aged 18 and over.

The current total number of people who have completed vaccination is 39,997,410. The cumulative number of completed vaccinations is expected to exceed 40 million during the day.

The cumulative number of completed vaccinations by vaccine type is ▲Pfizer 21,318,304 ▲AstraZeneca (AZ) 11,012,316 (including 1,762,929 AZ-Pfizer mixed vaccinations) ▲Moderna 6,173,700 ▲Janssen 1,493,090.

The number of first-dose vaccinations increased by 78,120 from the previous day. The cumulative number of first-dose recipients (41,904,606) is about 81.6% of the population, and 92.9% based on the population aged 18 and over.

The number of new cases reported to health authorities as suspected adverse reactions after vaccination totaled 3,937 over the three days from the 10th to the 12th.

Fifteen additional death reports were made during the three days. Authorities will investigate the causal relationship between vaccination and death.

Reports of suspected anaphylaxis, a severe systemic allergic reaction, increased by 27 cases. Major adverse reaction cases such as neurological abnormalities were newly reported in 108 cases.

Since the start of vaccination in South Korea on February 26 of this year, the cumulative number of suspected adverse reaction reports is 373,568 (including 891 cumulative deaths). This accounts for about 0.46% of the cumulative number of vaccinations as of midnight on the day.

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