More than 30 million in UK have had both jabs
More than 30 million people in the UK are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the government.
A total of 30,209,707 people have had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine (57.4% of the adult population). And 41,831,056 have received a first jab (79.4%).
It comes as the UK reported more than 7,000 daily COVID cases for a seventh day in a row. Another 7,673 infections have been recorded in the latest 24-hour period, along with 10 more coronavirus-related deaths.
The figures compare with 7,742 infections and three fatalities announced on Monday, while 6,048 cases and 13 deaths were recorded this time last week. NHS England has now extended the offer of a vaccine to everyone over the age of 23. And all over-18s in England will be able to book a first dose by the end of this w...