More than 2 million Western Cape adults registered for a Covid-19 vaccination

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Premier Alan Winde says more than two million adults, or 41-percent of the Western Cape’s adult population, have registered for a Covid-19 vaccination.

Winde says 37.12% of those eligible for vaccination had received at least one dose of the vaccine to date.

As of Monday, more than 2.6-million vaccine doses had been administered in the province.

499 132 people aged 60 and older, or 69.4%, were registered for vaccination, of which 93.3% had already received at least one dose.

In the age group 50 to 59, 360 447 people, or 52.8 %, were registered for vaccination, while 96.8% had received at least one jab.

A total of 654 567 people aged 35 to 49, or 43.3%, were registered, and 87.2% had received at least one shot.

509 900 people aged 18 to 34, or 24.9 %, were registered, with 75.8% having received one jab.

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