The number of Covid-19 vaccines administered in Northern Ireland has passed the one million mark. The total number of doses is 1,003,165.
That is equivalent to more than 2.6 million in the Republic. Of those, 813,468 were first jabs and 189,687 people have also had their second dose.
Northern Ireland's health minister has expressed gratitude to everyone involved in the roll-out of the vaccination programme. "Vaccination is saving many lives in Northern Ireland.
It is also protecting a great many others from serious illness and reducing pressures on our health and social care services," Robin Swann said in a statement. "Let us not forget how serious the situation was at the turn of the year, with the vaccination programme in its infancy and