Another 380,000 vaccines were also dished out as the NHS inoculation drive continues to pick up pace. Around 38.1m Brits, or 72.3 per cent of adults, have now had their first dose.
No10’s top scientists estimated the R rate – which measures the spread of the virus – is now between 0.9 and 1.1, suggesting cases may no longer be falling.
Department of Health data also showed another 268,251 first doses and 420,312 second doses were dished out yesterday. More than 37.5million Britons have got at least one dose of the vaccine.
Documents published by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) today said the highly infectious B.1.617.2 strain likely made up the ‘majority’ of the UK’s infections by mid-May.
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