Yesterday saw another 452,454 vaccinations administered taking the total of vaccination doses given throughout the UK to 17,465,127, up to the end of yesterday, 18th February.
This number is made up of 16,875,536 people who have received the first dose and 589,591 having received their second jab since the rollout began at the beginning of December.
These numbers come as SAGE today estimated that Britain’s Covid R rate – the average number of people each patient infects – could be at its lowest ever rate – as low as 0.6 – ahead of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s unveiling of his roadmap for lifting lockdown in England next week.
