{"id":203334,"date":"2021-09-28T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T08:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-administers-close-to-17-million-covid-19-vaccines-to-date\/"},"modified":"2021-09-28T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T08:14:12","slug":"sa-administers-close-to-17-million-covid-19-vaccines-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-administers-close-to-17-million-covid-19-vaccines-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"SA administers close to 17 million COVID-19 vaccines to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202109\/youngfinal_2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has administered 16&nbsp;999 722 doses of COVID-19 jabs as of Monday evening, the Department of Health said.<\/p>\n<p>The tally includes the two-dose Pfizer vaccine as well as the single shot of the Johnson &amp; Johnson jab.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest data, 159 732 vaccines were distributed in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the number of fully vaccinated adults has now gone up to 8&nbsp;501&nbsp;712, while 12&nbsp;268&nbsp;451 people had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 shot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) logged 578 new COVID-19 infections.<\/p>\n<p>The dashboard shows that the majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal after 126 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng is trailing behind KwaZulu-Natal with 108 infections, 92 in the Western Cape, 86 in Free State and 50 in the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis increase represents a 3.8% positivity rate,\u201d the NICD added.<\/p>\n<p>This means the country has 2 897 521 laboratory-confirmed cases to date, while the death toll stands at 87&nbsp;216 after 164 more patients succumbed to the disease.<\/p>\n<p>The NICD confirmed on Saturday that South Africa&#8217;s third wave was officially over, as the national seven-day moving average of daily case numbers, positivity rate and testing rate continue to drop, with sustained decreases in all provinces<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the public health institute said 17 588 025 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors, while 6&nbsp;931 people are currently hospitalised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been an increase of 85 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organisation, as of 27 September 2021, there have been 231&nbsp;703 120 reported cases of COVID-19, 4&nbsp;746 620 deaths and 5&nbsp;924&nbsp;819&nbsp;985 administered vaccine doses. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has administered 16&nbsp;999 722 doses of COVID-19 jabs as of Monday evening, the Department of Health said. The tally includes the two-dose Pfizer vaccine as well as the single shot of the Johnson &amp; Johnson jab. According to the latest data, 159 732 vaccines were distributed in the last 24 hours. 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