More than 30.5 million Britons have received first COVID-19 vaccine dose

FILE PHOTO: People wait to receive an injection with a dose of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, at a vaccination centre in Baitul Futuh Mosque, amid the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

A total of 30,680,948 Britons have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to official data which also showed a further 56 deaths within 28 days of a positive test and 4,040 new cases.

(Reporting by Costas Pitas. Editing by Andrew MacAskill)