{"id":196522,"date":"2021-07-29T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-administers-over-7-million-covid-19-vaccines\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T09:25:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:25:14","slug":"sa-administers-over-7-million-covid-19-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-administers-over-7-million-covid-19-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"SA administers over 7 million COVID-19 vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202107\/jabincarsnipped.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s vaccination rollout programme is accelerating, with over seven million vaccine doses administered to date.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, the country has now distributed 7&nbsp;065&nbsp;432 COVID-19 jabs, of which 194&nbsp;891 people received their shot on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The recent statistics show that the total cumulative number of the administered Johnson &amp; Johnson shots now stands at 1 386 580 and 5&nbsp;678&nbsp;852 for the Pfizer jab.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, South Africa detected 17 351 new COVID-19 cases from the 71&nbsp;061 tests that were performed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this means the country now has a total of 2 408&nbsp;525 laboratory-confirmed cases, representing a 24.4% positivity rate.<\/p>\n<p>The hardest-hit provinces include Gauteng which recorded 5&nbsp;204 new infections, followed by 4&nbsp;667 in the Western Cape and 1&nbsp;975 in the KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a further 520 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, pushing the tally to 70 908 to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been an increase of 726 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours,\u201d the NICD said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest data, the country now has 150&nbsp;629 active cases, while the recovery rate is standing at 90.8% after 2&nbsp;186&nbsp;988 people beat the virus.<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organisation, as of 28 July, there were 195&nbsp;266 156 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 4&nbsp;180 161 deaths, and 3&nbsp;829&nbsp;935 772 administered vaccine doses. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s vaccination rollout programme is accelerating, with over seven million vaccine doses administered to date. According to the Department of Health, the country has now distributed 7&nbsp;065&nbsp;432 COVID-19 jabs, of which 194&nbsp;891 people received their shot on Wednesday. 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