{"id":203979,"date":"2021-10-05T09:26:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T07:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-surpasses-18m-covid-19-vaccine-shots\/"},"modified":"2021-10-05T09:26:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T07:26:36","slug":"sa-surpasses-18m-covid-19-vaccine-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-surpasses-18m-covid-19-vaccine-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"SA surpasses 18m COVID-19 vaccine shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202110\/vaccin4.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has now crossed the 18 million mark for administered COVID-19 vaccine doses.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after government distributed 184 324 in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, this means the country has now given 18&nbsp;073&nbsp;784 vaccines since its rollout programme.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as of Monday, the number of fully vaccinated adults now stands at 9&nbsp;213&nbsp;503, of which 129&nbsp;539 people were jabbed by Johnson &amp; Johnson\u2019s single-dose vaccine or the two-dose series made by Pfizer in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The dashboard also shows that 57.16% of vaccinees are females, while 42.84% are males.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 429 new COVID-19 cases and 39 fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 906&nbsp;851 and 87 819 for the death toll.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NICD, the vast majority of new cases were logged in the Western Cape after 93 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The province is followed by 90 infections in KwaZulu-Natal, 82 in Gauteng and 41 in Free State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis increase represents a 2.6% positivity rate,\u201d the public health institute said, adding that the seven-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there were 52 new hospital admissions in the past day, which means 6 166 patients are currently receiving treatment for COVID-19 in both public and private health institutions across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The information is based on the 17 800&nbsp;434 test conducted since the last reporting cycle, of which 16&nbsp;514 were conducted on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>As of 4 October 2021, there have been 234&nbsp;809 103 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 4&nbsp;800 375 deaths and over six billion administered vaccines reported to the World Health Organisation. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has now crossed the 18 million mark for administered COVID-19 vaccine doses. This comes after government distributed 184 324 in the past 24 hours. According to the Department of Health, this means the country has now given 18&nbsp;073&nbsp;784 vaccines since its rollout programme. 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