{"id":204465,"date":"2021-10-08T09:46:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T07:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-administers-212-162-covid-19-jabs\/"},"modified":"2021-10-08T09:46:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T07:46:34","slug":"sa-administers-212-162-covid-19-jabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-administers-212-162-covid-19-jabs\/","title":{"rendered":"SA administers 212 162 COVID-19 jabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202110\/youngfinal.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has administered over 200 000 COVID-19 jabs for two days in a row, which pushes the total number of distributed vaccines to 18&nbsp;735 127.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, 212 162 jabs were given on Thursday, compared with the previous day\u2019s total of 212&nbsp;790. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dashboard also shows that 33.43% of the adult population have had at least one dose of the vaccine since the start of the rollout programme.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 9&nbsp;686&nbsp;443 eligible citizens have now been fully vaccinated, of which 152&nbsp;676 received Johnson &amp; Johnson\u2019s single-dose shot or the two-dose Pfizer vaccine in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reported 989 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 909 757.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of new infections were logged in KwaZulu-Natal (194), followed by Western Cape (186), Gauteng (156), Eastern Cape (130), Free State (107) and Northern Cape (97).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis increase represents a 2.9% positivity rate,\u201d the institute said, adding that the seven-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a further 123 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the tally to 88 104 to date.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the number of hospital admissions increased to 113 in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The NICD has urged citizens to be vaccinated for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the institute is pleading with people to wear their masks, gather in ventilated spaces, avoid unnecessary gatherings, keep a social distance of one meter or more, and wash hands regularly to help to limit your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, as of 7 October 2021, there have been 236&nbsp;132 082 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 4&nbsp;822 472 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 administered over 200 000 COVID-19 jabs for two days in a row, which pushes the total number of distributed vaccines to 18&nbsp;735 127. 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