{"id":199179,"date":"2021-08-20T17:23:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T15:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/coronavirus-south-africa-administers-over-10-million-covid19-doses?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-08-20T17:23:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T15:23:05","slug":"coronavirus-south-africa-administers-over-10-million-covid-19-doses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coronavirus-south-africa-administers-over-10-million-covid-19-doses\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: South Africa Administers Over 10 million COVID-19 Doses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/912c4d03d14212b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/912c4d03d14212b\" alt=\"South African Government\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/912c4d03d14212b\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Africa has surpassed the 10 million mark of administering COVID-19 jabs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, the country distributed 191, 806 COVID-19 shots on Thursday, taking the number of administered jabs to 10, 167, 749 since the start of the vaccination rollout programme.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 137, 215 people were fully inoculated in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 4, 629, 371, translating to 7, 808, 626 people who have received the shot.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said 13, 672 new COVID-19 cases were detected yesterday, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 2 652, 652.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the new cases were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (3, 911) followed by the Western Cape (3, 707), Gauteng (1, 579), and the Eastern Cape (1, 436).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This increase represents a 19.9% positivity rate,&rdquo; the NICD explained, adding that the seven-day moving average daily number of cases has peaked.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 317 more people lost their lives to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 78, 694.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the public health institute said 536 more people were admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours, meaning there are currently 13&nbsp;940 patients in hospitals out of the 162&nbsp;205 active cases.<\/p>\n<p>The information is based on the 15, 821, 074 tests of which 68, 540 were conducted since the last reporting cycle. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Globally, as of 19 August 2021, there have been 209, 201, 939 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 4, 390, 467 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of South African Government.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo South Africa has surpassed the 10 million mark of administering COVID-19 jabs. According to the Department of Health, the country distributed 191, 806 COVID-19 shots on Thursday, taking the number of administered jabs to 10, 167, 749 since the start of the vaccination rollout programme. 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