More than 10 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have now been administered throughout the UK with the latest numbers confirming 9,646,715 people have had at least one dose of a vaccine Covid-19
When the number includes the second doses, the total number of vaccines administered is 10,143,511.
In the past seven days, the average daily rate stands at just under 400,000.
If supplies allow, and this rate continues all British adults could be offered a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as soon as the end May.
On Sunday, over 600,000 doses of the vaccine were administered, if that daily rate could be replicated seven days a week, and again if supplies allowed, then every adult over the age of 18 could be given at least one dose by the first week in May.
It is understood that the government are considering extending the roll-out to the next group on the official priority list, those aged 65 and over.
Vaccine priority groups
- Residents in a care home for older adults and their carers
- All those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers
- All those 75 years of age and over
- All those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals
- All those 65 years of age and over
- All individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality
- All those 60 years of age and over
- All those 55 years of age and over
- All those 50 years of age and over.
