{"id":199288,"date":"2021-08-23T09:33:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T07:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-administers-23-910-covid-19-jabs\/"},"modified":"2021-08-23T09:33:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T07:33:32","slug":"sa-administers-23-910-covid-19-jabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-administers-23-910-covid-19-jabs\/","title":{"rendered":"SA administers 23 910 COVID-19 jabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202108\/ladycheqshirtjabsnipped.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa administered 23&nbsp;910 COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, which increases the number of distributed shots to 10&nbsp;527&nbsp;363.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, 11&nbsp;171 people were fully vaccinated in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>This means there are now 4&nbsp;832&nbsp;763 citizens who received the Johnson &amp; Johnson (J&amp;J) shot and second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the country saw 248&nbsp;873 administered shots after government opened the COVID-19 vaccination programme to people who are 18 years-old and older.<\/p>\n<p>There are now 569 689 of those between the ages of 18 and 34 who have received their jab.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the official figures show that the country recorded 10 748 new COVID-19 cases and 170 further deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal (3&nbsp;369), followed by the Western Cape (2&nbsp;336), the Eastern Cape (1&nbsp;704), and Gauteng (1&nbsp;022).<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 690&nbsp;973, while the death toll now stands at 79 421 to date.<\/p>\n<p>The NICD said the seven-day moving average daily number of cases has peaked, while the latest infections represent a 20.7% positivity rate.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 219 patients were admitted to hospital in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 13&nbsp;510.<\/p>\n<p>According to the institute, 16 003 114 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors, of which 51&nbsp;830 were performed on Sunday. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa administered 23&nbsp;910 COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, which increases the number of distributed shots to 10&nbsp;527&nbsp;363. According to the Department of Health, 11&nbsp;171 people were fully vaccinated in the last 24 hours. This means there are now 4&nbsp;832&nbsp;763 citizens who received the Johnson &amp; Johnson (J&amp;J) shot and second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. 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