{"id":199430,"date":"2021-08-24T10:13:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T08:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-administers-nearly-500-000-covid-19-jabs-on-monday\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T10:13:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T08:13:17","slug":"sa-administers-nearly-500-000-covid-19-jabs-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-administers-nearly-500-000-covid-19-jabs-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"SA administers nearly 500 000 COVID-19 jabs on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202108\/vaccine6.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa administered close to half a million vaccine doses on Monday, as the country records over 7 000 new COVID-19 infections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This means nearly five million adults have been fully inoculated after 247&nbsp;293 vaccine shots were administered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest data from the Department of Health, 10&nbsp;790&nbsp;501 COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed, which translates to 8&nbsp;240&nbsp;039 people who have received the Johnson &amp; Johnson or the Pfizer shot.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the infections continue to increase, with 7 632 new COVID-19 cases having been identified in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of new cases were logged in KwaZulu-Natal (2 542), followed by Western Cape (1 634) and Eastern Cape (1 286).<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2&nbsp;698 605.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis increase represents a 20.2% positivity rate,\u201d the NICD said, adding that the seven-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a further 163 people succumbed to the respiratory disease, bringing the death toll to 79 584 to date.<\/p>\n<p>The data also shows that 345 hospital admissions were reported in the past 24 hours, which increases the number to 13&nbsp;537.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, as of 23 August 2021, there have been 211&nbsp;730 035 confirmed cases, 4&nbsp;430 697 deaths, and 4&nbsp;619&nbsp;976 274 administered vaccine doses, said the World Health Organisation. \u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa administered close to half a million vaccine doses on Monday, as the country records over 7 000 new COVID-19 infections.&nbsp; This means nearly five million adults have been fully inoculated after 247&nbsp;293 vaccine shots were administered in the last 24 hours. 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