More than six million people in the UK are now fully vaccinated against COVID, while nearly 32 million have had their first dose.
Another 99,530 first jabs were administered on Wednesday across the UK, taking the total to 31,807,124.
There were also 408,396 second jabs, the second highest daily total to date, taking the number of Britons fully protected against COVID to 6,091,905.
This comes after it was revealed today(08/04) that the latest figures reveal that 96.5% of over 50s in Milton Keynes have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine with 24,069 people in Milton Keynes are now fully vaccinated against the virus.
With just four days to go until a major milestone in the prime minister's roadmap for easing lockdown in England, the cases and deaths figures will remain encouraging for the government.
Non-essential retail will reopen on Monday, restaurants and pubs will be able to serve customers outdoors, gyms will welcome members again, and people will be able to get a long-awaited haircut.
Lockdown has worked in tandem with the vaccine rollout to drive down infections, hospitalisations and deaths, but inoculations will be "considerably slower" until the end of July due to supply problems.
Vaccination numbers have been notably lower so far this month as the focus is placed on administering second jabs rather than moving down the age groups, but have picked up slightly since Tuesday saw the lowest number of first doses given since early January (40,744).
