{"id":196656,"date":"2021-07-30T09:35:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T07:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-administers-215-066-covid-19-doses-as-cases-rise-by-13-751\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T09:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T07:35:09","slug":"sa-administers-215-066-covid-19-doses-as-cases-rise-by-13-751","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-administers-215-066-covid-19-doses-as-cases-rise-by-13-751\/","title":{"rendered":"SA administers 215 066 COVID-19 doses, as cases rise by 13 751"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202107\/jab8snipped.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>There were 215&nbsp;066 people who received their COVID-19 vaccine, while the country detected 13 751 new cases on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, this means the country has now administered 7&nbsp;297&nbsp;913 jabs since the start of the rollout programme in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the number of adults that have been fully vaccinated stands at 2 835 930.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), said the country\u2019s cumulative infections have risen to 2 422&nbsp;151 since the beginning of the pandemic. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of the latest infections, the majority of new cases were recorded in the Western Cape after 3&nbsp;968 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus. The province is followed by 3&nbsp;655 in Gauteng and 1&nbsp;900 in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NICD, the increase represents a 24.6% positivity rate.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a further 523 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the tally to 71&nbsp;431.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been an increase of 598 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, a decrease from yesterday\u2019s new hospital admissions, the NICD said on Thursday. A total 15&nbsp;964 patients are currently receiving treatment in hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The information is based on the 14 750 901 tests of which 55&nbsp;923 were performed since the last reporting cycle. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organisation, as of 29 July 2021, there have been 195&nbsp;886 929 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 4&nbsp;189 148 deaths, and 3&nbsp;830&nbsp;124 730 administered vaccine doses. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were 215&nbsp;066 people who received their COVID-19 vaccine, while the country detected 13 751 new cases on Thursday. According to the Department of Health, this means the country has now administered 7&nbsp;297&nbsp;913 jabs since the start of the rollout programme in South Africa. In addition, the number of adults that have been fully vaccinated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-196656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-sanews","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}