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UK Covid live: R value below 1 for first time since July as number receiving first vaccine dose passes 14m
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Government data up to 11 February shows that of the 14,542,318 jabs given in the UK so far, 14,012,224 were first doses – a rise of 503,116 on the previous day.
530,094 of the overall were second doses, an increase of 5,647 on figures released the previous day.
The government said a further 758 people had died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday, bringing the UK total to 116,287.
Last Friday, the daily death toll had been 1,014, and yesterday’s 678.
Read the original article at The Guardian