{"id":197000,"date":"2021-08-03T09:36:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/over-187-800-more-people-get-covid-19-jab-on-monday\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T07:36:09","slug":"over-187-800-more-people-get-covid-19-jab-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/over-187-800-more-people-get-covid-19-jab-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 187 800 more people get COVID-19 jab on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Africa administered 187 855 COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, with 7 769 799 jabs distributed to date.<\/p>\n

The latest data show that 1 580 735 people have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, while 6 189 064 Pfizer jabs have been distributed.    <\/p>\n

In addition, the Department of Health said 100 148 people have been completed inoculated in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the country recorded 5 575 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 461 758.<\/p>\n

According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this increase represents a 21.9% positivity rate.<\/p>\n

The majority of new cases are from Western Cape (32%), followed by Gauteng (19%), while KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 18%.<\/p>\n

In addition, 246 succumbed to the respiratory disease, pushing the tally to 72 437.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been an increase of 415 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours,\u201d the NICD said.<\/p>\n

This means there are currently 15 710 patients who are admitted for COVID-19 out of 150 933 active known cases, while the recovery rate remains at 90.9%.<\/p>\n

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are now 198 234 951 confirmed global cases of COVID-19, including 4 227 359 deaths.<\/p>\n

In addition, the WHO reported that as of 29 July 2021, 3 839 816 037 vaccine doses have been administered. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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