More than 18-million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in South Africa.

According to the Department of Health, 18 073 784 doses were administered, as of Monday. Of those, 184 324 were administered in the last 24-hour reporting cycle.

Gauteng administered the most vaccine doses to date with 4 765 385, followed by the Western Cape with 2 975 222 and KwaZulu-Natal with 2 925 919.

The vaccination programme numbers were bolstered by the Vooma campaign held from Friday to Sunday, which saw 353 819 people receiving jabs over the weekend.

The weekend campaign aimed to deliver jabs to as many people as possible to ensure full vaccination before the festive season. Those who received their first jab as part of the Vooma campaign will be eligible to receive their second dose in early December, meaning they will be fully vaccinated before the festive season.

Despite the high number of vaccinations, the campaign fell short of its target of vaccinating 500 000 people against Covid-19 in one weekend.

Currently, almost 13-million adults (32.5%) have received at least one vaccine dose. The Western Cape is still leading the vaccination programme with 41.5% of its adult population (2 065 575 individuals) having received at least one vaccine dose, followed by the Eastern Cape with 37% of its population (1 533 702 individuals) receiving at least one jab.

The government aims to vaccinate 70% of the adult population by December.

More than nine-million people have been fully vaccinated with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the two-dose Pfizer vaccine.

As of Monday, 5 123 868 people are fully vaccinated with the two-dose Pfizer vaccine, while 4 089 635 have been vaccinated with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.