{"id":39284,"date":"2021-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/?guid=ca70ea7a725e482278cbc702ae1d177d"},"modified":"2021-09-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T00:00:00","slug":"sa-administers-over-15-400-covid-19-vaccines-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/sa-administers-over-15-400-covid-19-vaccines-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"SA administers over 15 400 COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa has now administered 14 690 586 COVID-19 vaccines, as the number of new infections continues to drop.<\/P>
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According to the Department of Health, 15 424 COVID-19 jabs were distributed on Sunday.<\/P>
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Meanwhile, there were 9 316 people who were fully vaccinated in the last 24-hour reporting cycle. Of these, 3 457 received a Johnson & Johnson shot, while 5 859 got their second shot of the Pfizer vaccine.<\/P>
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This means there are now 7 199 405 people in the country who are fully vaccinated, while 10 720 333 people have received their vaccination since the start of the vaccination rollout programme.<\/P>
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In addition, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said the current surge in COVID-19 infections seems to be showing signs of a sustained downward trend after 3 961 new infections were identified.<\/P>
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KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 1 340 new COVID-19 cases, followed by the Eastern Cape with 846 and 467 in the Free State.<\/P>
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This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 858 195.<\/P>
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\u201cThis increase represents an 11.0% positivity rate,\u201d the NICD said, adding the seven-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.<\/P>
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The Health Department said South Africa reported 126 Coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, against 143 57 the day before, pushing the death toll to 84 751 to date.<\/P>
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Meanwhile, the country recorded an increase of 184 hospital admissions since the last reporting cycle.<\/P>
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Globally, as of 10 September 2021, there have been 223 022 538 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 4 602 882 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation.<\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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