The Government said a further 621 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 116,908.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 135,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
The Government also said that, as of 9am on Saturday, there had been a further 13,308 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.
It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 4,027,106.
Government data up to February 12 shows that of the 15,091,696 jabs given in the UK so far, 14,556,827 were first doses – a rise of 544,603 on the previous day.
Some 534,869 were second doses, an increase of 4,775 on figures released the previous day.
The seven-day rolling average of first doses given in the UK is now 441,660.
Based on the latest figures, an average of 221,587 first doses of vaccine would be needed each day to meet the Government’s target of 15 million first doses by February 15.
