Hiroshima, Chugoku vaccination roll out in numbers

June 5, 2021

It’s been a month since details began to be released showing the progress of the roll out of COVID-19 vaccination across the nation. We’ve compiled the figures for Hiroshima and the four other prefectures that make up the Chugoku region below.

Taking into account increased national government support and an increase in the amount of money clinics and hospitals are to receive in return for switching their normal practice to administering vaccinations, local authorities have also revised their vaccination schedules (see below for details).

 

Hiroshima Prefecture Vaccination Roll Out (May 2021)

As of May 30 just less than 70% of medical workers in Hiroshima Prefercture had received their second COVID-19 vaccination, while just less than 11% of over 65s had received their first.

Hiroshima Pref Health Workers (Total 120,000)
	May 7	May 14	May 21	May 28
1st jab	76,197	87,198	99,244	110,281
2nd jab	27,099	42,677	65,536	74,091

Hiroshima Pref Over 65s (Total 815,000)
	May 9	May 16	May 23	May 30
1st jab	9158	18,818	40,322	88,3361 (10.8%)
2nd jab	698	2578	6232	9776 (1.2%)

*Figures from Okayama, Yamaguchi, Shimane & Tottori below.

Hiroshima Prefecture announced June 4, that it will have secured enough doses of COVID-19 vaccines to cover all of its population over 65 years old by early July (2 doses per person). [Chugoku Shinbun]

 

Hiroshima City moves up vaccination schedule

The Mayor of Hiroshima City announced a revised vaccination (or at least the sending out of coupons that starts the process) schedule for city residents on June 2. The new schedule brings the sending out of vaccination coupons forward by about a month and a half compared to the schedule originally announced on May 10.

Hiroshima City Revised Vaccination Schedule
Age	Original schedule	New schedule
75-79yrs	Early June	June 4
70-74yrs	Early July	June 14
65-69yrs	Early August	June 21
12-65yrs	–	Early July

Coupons to the over-80s have already gone out and it was announced that coupons will start going out to the 760,000 residents aged between 12 and 64 years old from early July with completion expected to take until the end of the year.

Source: Chugoku Shinbun

 

Okayama City to open up vaccinations to all over 12yrs

On June 3, the mayor of Okayama City announced that it would be opening up COVID-19 vaccination reservations to all residents over the age of 12 during the month of July, with actual vaccinations starting by the end of that month. The city has set itself the relatively ambitious goal of completing vaccination of all its residents 12 years and older by the end of November 2021.

Source: Sanyo News

Vaccination Roll Out (May 2021) (Yamaguchi, Okayama, Shimane & Tottori)

Yamaguchi Pref Health Workers (Total 56,000)
	May 7	May 14	May 21	May 28
1st jab	45,438	52,128	59,625	66,648
2nd jab	27,099	42,677	38,650	49,659

Yamaguchi Pref Over 65s (Total 460,000)
	May 9	May 16	May 23	May 30
1st jab	7138	35,540	66,402	114,017 (24.5%)
2nd jab	698	2578	6232	7097 (1.5%)

Okayama Pref Health Workers (Total 80,000)
	May 7	May 14	May 21	May 28
1st jab	51,696	64,248	72,730	84,431
2nd jab	17,297	26,510	41,319	47,390

Okayama Pref Over 65s (Total 560,000)
	May 9	May 16	May 23	May 30
1st jab	2367	6330	43,884	111,048 (19.6%)
2nd jab	126	874	2268	3908 (0.7%)

Shimane Pref Health Workers (Total 26,000)
	May 7	May 14	May 21	May 28
1st jab	20,664	24,374	27,862	31,669,281
2nd jab	7340	10,671	17,507	19,299

Hiroshima Pref Over 65s (Total 23,000)
	May 9	May 16	May 23	May 30
1st jab	9158	8891	14,803	30,834 (13.4%)
2nd jab	698	803	2651	4824 (1.9%)

Tottori Pref Health Workers (Total 25,000)
	May 7	May 14	May 21	May 28
1st jab	17,980	19,833	19,495		20,393
2nd jab	7057	10,934	14,465	15,485

Tottori Pref Over 65s (Total 815,000)
	May 9	May 16	May 23	May 30
1st jab	9158	11,010	20,196	39,814 (22.5%)
2nd jab	19	1864	4272	6523 (3.7%)

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