Half of all Scots now vaccinated against Covid

HALF of the population in Scotland has received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with Nicola Sturgeon praising the programme’s “phenomenal progress”.

A total of 2,733,387 people have now received their first dose of a vaccine, according to the latest Scottish Government figures, with the country’s population around 5.4 million.

It marks an increase of 11,303 from the previous day while 715,714 people have had both doses, with this figure up by 26,953 from Friday’s total.

Ms Sturgeon, who herself received a first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine on Thursday, also paid tribute to those involved in the vaccination programme.

The Scottish First Minister said: “This shows the phenomenal progress being made by Scotland’s vaccination programme.”

The latest figures also show Scotland recorded two more deaths and a further 210 cases of the virus.

There were 109 people in hospital on Friday with Covid.