{"id":200632,"date":"2021-09-03T09:14:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T07:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-distributes-over-13-million-covid-19-doses\/"},"modified":"2021-09-03T09:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T07:14:17","slug":"sa-distributes-over-13-million-covid-19-doses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-distributes-over-13-million-covid-19-doses\/","title":{"rendered":"SA distributes over 13 million COVID-19 doses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202109\/stats35.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has now administered over 13 million vaccines, as the country\u2019s COVID-19 cases increased by 9&nbsp;203 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health\u2019s latest data, the country distributed 250&nbsp;843 vaccines, pushing the total to 13&nbsp;112&nbsp;268.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the number of adults fully vaccinated now stands at 6&nbsp;301&nbsp;758, with 146&nbsp;623 people having either received the Johnson &amp; Johnson shot or the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases is now 2&nbsp;796&nbsp;405 after 9&nbsp;203 new infections were logged.<\/p>\n<p>KwaZulu-Natal continues to drive the high number of new infections, after 2&nbsp;691 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The province is followed by 1&nbsp;796 cases in the Western Cape and 1 652 in the Eastern Cape. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The institute said the rise represents a 16.1% positivity rate, while the seven-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been an increase of 437 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours,\u201d the NICD said, adding that the country conducted 57&nbsp;261 COVID-19 tests since the last reporting cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, as of 2 September 2021, there have been 218&nbsp;205 951 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 4&nbsp;526 583 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has now administered over 13 million vaccines, as the country\u2019s COVID-19 cases increased by 9&nbsp;203 on Thursday. According to the Department of Health\u2019s latest data, the country distributed 250&nbsp;843 vaccines, pushing the total to 13&nbsp;112&nbsp;268. 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