Nearly half a million people in the UK have received their first dose of a Covid vaccine yesterday, government figures show.
In the last 24 hours 487,756 people had received their initial jab, taking the total to over 8.3 million.
- 8,378,940 people had been given a first dose by the end of 29 January 2021.
- 480,432 people had been given a second dose by the end of 29 January 2021.
The latest figures released today also show 23,275 new people had a confirmed positive test result in the last 24 hours.
This latest number means that between 24th January 2021 and 30th January 2021, 178,630 people had a confirmed positive test result.
This shows a decrease of 31.3% compared to the previous 7 days.
There were 753,031 tests reported to 28th January 2021.
Between 22nd January 2021 and 28th January 2021, there have been 4,190,584 tests.
