Britain hits 400,000 daily Covid jabs

Britain has vaccinated a record of 400,000 people today as the NHS drive gathers steam for the third day in a row.

The Government is aiming to vaccinate all 15million in the most at risk groups by mid-February. This means it will need to get jabs into the arms of 350,000 Britons a day, a target that was today exceeded. 

A total of 5,100,475 Covid-19 vaccinations had taken place in England between December 8 and January 21, according to provisional NHS England data, including first and second doses, which is a rise of 359,897 on Thursday’s figures.

Of this number, 4,661,293 were the first dose of the vaccine, a rise of 357,563 on Thursday’s figures, while 439,182 were the second dose, an increase of 2,334.

Public Health Wales said a total of 212,317 first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine had now been given, an increase of 21,882 on the previous day’s figure.

The agency say 415 second doses were also given, an increase of 19.

In total, 30.2% of those aged over 80 have received their first dose of the vaccine, along with 59.9% of care home residents and 69.8 per cent of care home staff.

Health minister Vaughan Gething previously said he expected 70 per cent of the over-80s, care home residents and care home staff to have received their first jab by January 25.

Public Health Scotland said 358,454 people in the country had received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by 8.30am on Friday January 22, an increase of 23,583 from the previous day.

It added that 4,689 people have received the second dose, an increase of 223.