More than 400,000 second doses of Covid vaccines have been given in the UK for the fourth consecutive day, according to the latest government data.
A record total of 475,230 second doses were administered on Saturday – along with 111,109 first doses.
On Friday, 450,136 second doses and 106,878 first doses were received.
There were 1,730 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours and a further seven deaths within 28 days of a positive test.
That is the lowest daily death toll by this measure since 14 September 2020. However, there can be a lag in reporting coronavirus statistics during weekends.
