WESTERN CAPE NEWS - Premier Alan Winde said in a media statement earlier today that the Western Cape has exceeded 1 million vaccinations administered.

According to the statement:

It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Western Cape has exceeded 1 million vaccinations administered yesterday evening.

I want to commend every official and healthcare worker who has been working tirelessly to ensure that we vaccinate as many people as possible in our efforts to beat this COVID-19 pandemic and save lives.

The Western Cape Government, through the Provincial Department of Health, is now able to administer 30 000 vaccinations per day or 150 000 per week, subject to vaccine supply.

To beat this pandemic, and to save lives and jobs, we need all eligible persons to get registered and vaccinated.

There are approximately 200 public vaccination sites open daily to assist members of the public. In addition to these, the Department also activated 10 sites on Saturday which saw 2000 people being vaccinated.

The vaccination offers great protection against severe illness and death. To date, almost 70% of health workers have been vaccinated and we continue to see the positive impact it has on our workforce.

Update on the coronavirus and vaccines 
As at 13:00 on 26 July 2021, the Western Cape had 34 177 active COVID-19 infections, with a total number 388 800 COVID-19 cases to date and 340 525 recoveries.

By 17:00 on 26 July 2021, the Western Cape Government had administered a cumulative total of 1 000 722 vaccines to healthcare workers, staff in the education sector and those within eligible age brackets.

The current 7-day moving average is 87 deaths per day.

Additional data is available on the Western Cape COVID-19 data dashboard which also features active cases per sub-district, active cases per 100 000 and 7-day moving averages. Vview the Dashboard here.

You can also view the Western Cape Government’s vaccine registration dashboard here.

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