Progress in Covid-19 vaccination drive as 7.7% of SA adults now fully vaccinated

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3 August 2021

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The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism has become the go-to source for all things Covid-19, including all the latest vaccination statistics.

They report that nationally, 7.7% of adults are now fully vaccinated and 11.7% have received 1 Pfizer jab. Limpopo has become the first province to fully vaccinate more than 10% of adults. This while the Eastern Cape and Western Cape has given the first Pfizer dose to 15% of adults.

The spreadsheet below shows exactly how the province’s are doing as at 2 August 2021:

45.6% of SA adults have been fully vaccinated against COVID

Liesl Smit

Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm