Vaccinations pass 14 million mark

A TOTAL of 14,012,224 million people in the UK have now received a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, according to Government figures published on February 12. This is the equivalent of 21.0% of the total UK population, and 26.6% of people aged 18 and over.

In England a total of 11,809,241 people had received a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine up to February 11, according to NHS England. This is 21.0% of the total population of England, and 26.7% of people aged 18 and over, based on the latest population estimates from the Office for National Statistics. The latest available breakdown for age groups in England is for doses given up to February 7. By this date an estimated 91.3% of people aged 80 and over had received their first dose, along with 95.6% of people aged 75-79 and 74.0% of people aged 70-74.

A total of 93.2% of residents of older adult care homes in England eligible to have their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine had received the jab up to February 7. Residents are classed as eligible for the vaccine if they have not had Covid-19 in the previous 28 days.

NHS England said the number of eligible residents includes a small number at care homes currently undergoing an outbreak and which cannot be visited.