A record 61,299 inoculations were carried out in Scotland on MondayScotland’s vaccination programme has sped up again with more people getting the jab on Monday than in any other of the UK’s regions or smaller nations. A record 61,299 inoculations were carried out — twice as many as southwest England, which has a similar population. The Midlands, the most populous region of the UK, holds the record for the most vaccines done in a single day: 104,993 on January 29. Scotland has vaccinated 928,122 to date, while the Midlands reached 2 million on Monday. Scotland’s population is almost half the size of the Midlands but it almost matched its average of 62,701 per day.

Source: The Times February 10, 2021 00:00 UTC