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According to the latest figures released on Sunday, more than 870,000 people have been vaccinated with the coronavirus vaccine in the UK in the last 24 hours. This is the daily record from the start of the British vaccination campaign.
The new figures also show that the number of new coronavirus infections, hospital-acquired illnesses and deaths continues to decline at a significant rate.
Scottish vaccination figures have been revised slightly downward. The UK total is 844,285, still our RECORD day in the vaccination program.
MANY THANKS to the whole UK team 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/1oOHUAat08
– Matt Hancock (@MattHancock) March 21, 2021
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock simultaneously announced on Twitter tonight that 873,784 people across the country had received the coronavirus vaccine in the previous 24 hours. This is the total number of first and second doses administered on the last day.
This is by far the highest daily number of vaccinations since the start of the UK vaccination campaign on 8 December.
Sunday is the third day in a row that the British government has reported a vaccination record:
660,276 vaccines were administered in 24 hours, ending at zero hours on Friday and 711,156 in one day ending at zero hours on Saturday, along with the first and second doses.
The first dose of the vaccine has so far been administered to 27,630,970 and the second to 2,228,772, according to a report Sunday from the UK Department of Health.
Therefore, the number of vaccines administered so far, including the first and second doses, is approaching 30 million in the UK.
The UK Office for Statistics (ONS) estimates that the UK currently has around 52.7 million adults, so more than 27.6 million first doses of vaccine administered on Sunday meant more than half of those over 18 years of age received the coronavirus vaccine.
The aim of the British government is
By April 15, all members of the age group over 50, and by the end of July, the entire British adult population should receive at least the first dose of vaccination against the coronavirus.
Boris Johnson, who received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Friday, said the other day that although there will be fewer vaccines in the UK in April than the very abundant supply of vaccines in April, vaccination targets are still being set. fulfilling for the whole. deadlines.
According to a dataset released by the UK Department of Health on Sunday, 38,185 coronavirus infections were examined last week, 1,773, 4.4 per cent less than the number of new infections detected in the same period a week earlier. .
The number of new infections screened has been steadily declining, with two weeks of re-education in schools in England requiring children to be screened for coronavirus several times a week, which in turn has increased the number of tests. made by 80 to 100 percent. overnight.
In the past week, 8.77 million coronavirus screenings were conducted across the country.
Significant decrease in new hospitalizations due to Covid-19 disease caused by coronavirus infection The British Department of Health said on Sunday that 3,267 patients had to be hospitalized last week, 931, 22.2 percent less than a week before.
According to the UK government’s calculation methodology, which takes into account deaths within 28 days of a coronavirus infection, 33 deaths were reported on Sunday and 640 patients died in the week ending Sunday.
This means that the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 disease per week was reduced by 375, 36.9 percent, compared to the previous week.
At the time of the current peak of the epidemic in Britain in January, there were periods when the British health authorities reported more than 1,300 deaths per day and also 60 to 70,000 recently examined coronavirus infections.
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