The number of vaccines against Covid-19 given in one day in the United Kingdom set a new record for the third day in a row, the BBC reported. A total of 873,784 doses were given on Saturday, compared to 711,157 on Friday. On Twitter, Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked “everyone involved.”
More than 27.6 million people in the UK – more than half the adult population – have received at least one dose of vaccine so far.
Boris Johnson, who received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday, said: “Thank you to everyone involved and please come forward for the vaccine when you are invited to do so.”
Sir Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, added: “In just one day, we vaccinated the equivalent of the entire adult population of Liverpool, Southampton and Oxford combined.”
Of the vaccinations administered on Saturday, 752,308 were first doses and 91,977 were second, meaning that 2,228,772 people in the UK were fully vaccinated with two doses.
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