SOUTH Africa has surpassed the 16 million mark for total administered COVID-19 doses since the start of the country’s vaccination rollout programme.
This comes after 154 199 jabs were distributed in the last 24 hours.
According to the Department of Health, there are now 7 997 795 citizens who have been fully vaccinated, of which 76 736 people either received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the second shot of the Pfizer jab on Monday.
The dashboard also shows that there are now 11 711 920 individuals who have been vaccinated, translating to 29.43% of the country’s adult population.
Meanwhile, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Monday reported 1 504 new COVID-19 cases and 42 deaths from the disease.
This brings the latest documented total to 2 884 134 infections and 86 216 fatalities.
“The current surge in COVID-19 infections seems to be showing signs of a sustained downward trend,” the public health institute said, adding
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