South Africa has now crossed the 18 million mark for administered COVID-19 vaccine doses.<\/P>
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This comes after government distributed 184 324 in the past 24 hours.<\/P>
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According to the Department of Health, this means the country has now given 18 073 784 vaccines since its rollout programme.<\/P>
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Meanwhile, as of Monday, the number of fully vaccinated adults now stands at 9 213 503, of which 129 539 people were jabbed by Johnson & Johnson\u2019s single-dose vaccine or the two-dose series made by Pfizer in the last 24 hours.<\/P>
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The dashboard also shows that 57.16% of vaccinees are females, while 42.84% are males.<\/P>
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Meanwhile, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 429 new COVID-19 cases and 39 fatalities.<\/P>
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This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 906 851 and 87 819 for the death toll.<\/P>
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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>
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The province is followed by 90 infections in KwaZulu-Natal, 82 in Gauteng and 41 in Free State.<\/P>
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\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>
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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>
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The information is based on the 17 800 434 test conducted since the last reporting cycle, of which 16 514 were conducted on Monday.<\/P>
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As of 4 October 2021, there have been 234 809 103 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 4 800 375 deaths and over six billion administered vaccines reported to the World Health Organisation.<\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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