South Africa has administered 191 264 COVID-19 vaccines, pushing the total to 21 924 915.
According to the Department of Health, of the over 191 000 jabs distributed on Wednesday, 179 094 were given to the adults, while children between the ages of 12 and 17 received 12 170 shots.
This means there are now 86 920 first doses of Pfizer COVID-19 jabs given to children since the start of their inoculation programme.
In addition, 11 999 473 or 29.9% of the adult population are now fully vaccinated, of which 154 047 either received the Johnson & Johnson single-dose shot or the second jab of the Pfizer vaccine in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), said the country recorded 472 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total to 2 920 581 laboratory-confirmed cases.
The majority of new cases were reported in Gauteng (103), followed by Western Cape (88), KwaZulu-Natal (68), Northern Cape (59), Free State (42), Eastern Cape (33), North West (35), Mpumalanga (32) and Limpopo (12).
“This increase represents a 1.4% positivity rate,” explained the NICD.
According to the institution, the country recorded more cases on Wednesday compared to the 331 infections recorded on Tuesday and higher than the average number of cases per day over the seven preceding days.
In addition, South Africa lost 62 people to COVID-19 related complications, bringing the death toll to 89 049, while hospital admissions increased by 29 in the past 24 hours.
Globally, as of 27 October 2021, there have been 244 385 444 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 4 961 489 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
SOUTH AFRICA - 33 NEW COVID-19 CASES RECORDED IN EC AND 191 264 JABS ADMINISTERED ACROSS SA
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