{"id":203578,"date":"2021-09-30T09:46:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T07:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-reports-31-39-of-eligible-adults-now-vaccinated\/"},"modified":"2021-09-30T09:46:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T07:46:38","slug":"sa-reports-31-39-of-eligible-adults-now-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-reports-31-39-of-eligible-adults-now-vaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"SA reports 31.39% of eligible adults now vaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The number of South Africans who have received at least one vaccine dose is 12 494 219 or 31.39% of the eligible adult population government is targeting.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, according to the Department of Health, 8 719 336 million have been fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n

In addition, the latest data show that the country administered 17 349 100 vaccines as of Wednesday, of which 156 818 were distributed in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the country recorded 2 106 infections and 108 deaths.<\/p>\n

This means that South Africa\u2019s total number of cases since the outbreak now stands at 2 900 994 and 87 525 deaths.<\/p>\n

Hospitalisations due to the virus rose to 6 713 after 143 people were admitted since the last reporting cycle.<\/p>\n

Globally, as of 29 September 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said there have been 232 636 622 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 4 762 089 deaths and 6 136 962 861 administered vaccine doses.<\/p>\n

Global view<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the WHO\u2019s COVID-19 weekly epidemiological update, the number of weekly infections and deaths continued to decline.<\/p>\n

The WHO said over 3.3 million new cases and over 55 000 new deaths were reported between 20 and 26 September 2021, a decline of 10% as compared to the previous week for both infections and fatalities.  <\/p>\n

\u201cThe cumulative number of confirmed cases reported globally is now over 231 million and the cumulative number of deaths is more than 4.7 million.\u201d<\/p>\n

The agency said the number of new weekly fatalities showed a large decline for all regions except for the European region, which reported a similar number of weekly deaths compared to the previous week, while Africa logged a slight peak of 5%.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the largest decline in weekly deaths was reported from the Western Pacific region, with a 24% drop as compared to the previous week.<\/p>\n

The highest numbers of new cases were reported from the United States (765 827 new cases, 31% decrease), Brazil (247 397 new cases, 135% increase due to changes in reporting), the United Kingdom (230 494 new cases, 14% increase), India (204 582 new cases, similar to the previous week), and Turkey (192 778 new cases, similar to the previous week).<\/p>\n

Globally, cases of the Alpha variant have been reported in 193 countries, while 142 countries have detected cases of the Beta variant, and 96 countries have the Gamma variant.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Delta variant has spread to 187 countries and exists in all six WHO regions as of 28 September. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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