LONDON (Reuters) – A total of more than 34 million people in Britain have been given a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, government statistics showed on Thursday, while a further 2,445 have contracted the disease, up slightly on the day before.
There were 22 new deaths recorded within 28 days of a positive test, compared to the 29 deaths recorded on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout, editing by David Milliken)