One in six UK adults fully vaccinated against covid new figures show
Scotland is estimated to have given two doses to 15.5% of adults
Last updated 16th Apr 2021
One in six UK adults are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, with more than two million second doses delivered in the past seven days, latest figures show.
A total of 8.9 million people have now received both jabs - the equivalent of 17.0% of the adult population.
Scotland is estimated to have given two doses to 15.5% of adults - some way behind Wales (22.8%) Northern Ireland (17.2%) and England (16.8%).
The figures are for vaccinations reported by the UK's health agencies up to April 15, and reflect the pace at which second doses are being ramped up across the country.
Some 2.4 million second doses were recorded in the seven days to April 15, compared with 1.6 million, 1.9 million and just under one million in the previous three weeks.
Second doses of Covid-19 vaccines must follow within 12 weeks of the first, meaning the millions of people who received their initial jab in January and early February have recently had a follow-up dose, or are due to get the jab shortly.
People aged 80 and over were among the first groups on the priority list for vaccines, with initial doses offered from early December.
In Scotland, 72% of people 80 and over are estimated to have had both jags.
Scotland has recorded three deaths of coronavirus patients and 204 positive tests in the past 24 hours, according to the latest daily figures.
It brings the death toll under this measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - to 7,640.
Scottish Government figures show 223,261 people have tested positive since the start of the outbreak, up from 222,897 the previous day.
The daily test positivity rate is 1.4%, up from 1.2% on Thursday's figure.
In Scotland there are 109 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, down six in 24 hours, and of these 18 patients are in intensive care, up two.
A total of 2,722,084 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 688,761 have received their second dose.
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