eThekwini Municipality reported that 25,312 children were fully immunised during the 2025/26 financial year. The result produced immunisation coverage of 92.1% across the municipality. That rate was above the reported national target of 90%. It was, however, lower than the coverage figures the city had previously cited. The figures leave the municipality with a mixed performance against its earlier results and the national benchmark. The announcement did not quantify the size of the decline or identify what caused it. Without that context, the drop cannot be attributed to a particular cause from the figures alone.