Just over 40 percent of the South African adult population have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
According to the latest data released by the Department of Health, women are leading in covid-19 vaccination.
A total of 57 percent of woman have opted to get vaccinated compared to 43 percent of their male counterparts.
In the 18-34 age category a total of 3.2 million females are vaccinated, compared with 2.5 million males.
Similarly in the 35-59 age category 3.2 million females are vaccinated compared to 2.6 million males.
From the 39.8 million South African adult population almost 18.4 million have received a dose of the vaccine.
Over a million teenagers are vaccinated against Covid-19.