The number is up from the roughly 11,000 vaccines administered on 17 May.
The government had brought 100 inoculation sites online by the end of 18 May, according to health department director-general Dr Anban Pillay. More private vaccination sites will come online in the next few days, he said.
Meanwhile, some provinces released their own vaccination figures.
On 17 and 18 May, the Eastern Cape injected more than 7,000 healthcare workers and people over the age of 60, according to health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth. She spoke on Wednesday while visiting Settler’s Hospital in Makhanda to inspect its vaccination sites.
The province had 23 sites active on 19 May and almost 200,000 registrations, she said. She gave an assurance that the province had all the fridges and cold boxes it needed to maintain the cold chain.
When violence is policy: How do we curb police brutality?
25 Apr 2021
Strong-arm tactics: South African Police Service officers enforce social distancing on 28 March during last year’s hard lockdown as shoppers queue
outside a supermarket in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP
It was one of the most horrific collective experiences we witnessed in post-apartheid South Africa. It wasn’t immediately apparent to those watching from home what had happened as Andries Tatane clutched at his chest. Within minutes, his death would be broadcast to millions of South Africans. Last week marked 10 years since Tatane was shot and killed by police during a service-delivery protest in Ficksburg.