27,071 persons vaccinated against COVID-19

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COVID-19 vaccines were administered to 27,071 persons on Wednesday and 77.45% of the total population has received at least one vaccine dose.

According to the Epidemiology Unit. 65.45% of the population has received the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 34.81% has received the third dose.

The first dose has been administered to a total of 16,981,180 persons and the second dose has been administered to 14,354,752 persons. A total of 7,646,167 persons have received the third vaccine dose. This takes into account the 15,715 persons who received the booster dose on Wednesday. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is being administered as the third dose in the country.

On Wednesday, 3,320 persons received the first dose of Pfizer and 6,962 persons received the second dose of the vaccine. The first dose of Pfizer has been administered to 2,491,222 persons and the second dose has been administered to 827,926 persons.

The first dose of Sinopharm has been administered to 12,046,416 persons, including 214 persons vaccinated on Wednesday. The second dose of Sinopharm was administered to 860 persons on Wednesday, raising the total number of persons to have received the second dose of the vaccine to 11,165,060.

A total of 1,479,631 persons have received the first dose of AstraZeneca and 1,418,593 persons have received the second dose of the vaccine.

The first dose of Moderna has been administered to 804,801 persons, the Epidemiology Unit states, adding that 787,361 persons have received the second dose of the vaccine as well.

The Sputnik V first dose has been administered to 159,110 persons and 155,812 persons have received the second dose of the vaccine.

Three COVID-19 fatalities confirmed

301 persons test positive for COVID-19

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