{"id":196122,"date":"2021-07-26T09:25:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T07:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-administers-over-6-3-million-vaccine-doses\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T09:25:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T07:25:13","slug":"sa-administers-over-6-3-million-vaccine-doses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-administers-over-6-3-million-vaccine-doses\/","title":{"rendered":"SA administers over 6.3 million vaccine doses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202107\/whitecoatsnipped.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has now administered more than 6.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, which translates to over 10% of the country\u2019s population that has received a vaccine dose.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest data, 20 392 jabs were distributed on Sunday, pushing the total to 6&nbsp;384&nbsp;382.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 29&nbsp;624 people signed up to get vaccinated in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>This means there are now 8&nbsp;887&nbsp;482 people who are registered on the Electronic Data Vaccination System (EVDS).<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), South Africa detected 9 718 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2&nbsp;377 823.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (28%), followed by the Western Cape (25%) and KwaZulu-Natal (14%).<\/p>\n<p>However, theNICD said the latest infections are lower than the average number of new cases per day over the seven preceding days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe seven-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regrettably, 287 more people lost their lives to the virus, bringing the death toll to 69 775 to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been an increase of 366 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours,\u201d the NICD said, adding that there are 16&nbsp;539 people who are currently receiving treatment in hospitals in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, the country has 149&nbsp;865 active cases, while the recovery rate is standing at 90.8%.<\/p>\n<p>The information is based on the 14&nbsp;563&nbsp;847 tests conducted, 36&nbsp;569 of which were conducted in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, as of 23 July 2021, there have been 192&nbsp;284 207 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 4&nbsp;136 518 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has now administered more than 6.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, which translates to over 10% of the country\u2019s population that has received a vaccine dose. According to the latest data, 20 392 jabs were distributed on Sunday, pushing the total to 6&nbsp;384&nbsp;382. 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