Meanwhile the latest data shows 480,560 more people were vaccinated on Thursday, taking the total number of people given their first jab to 10,971,047.
Some 505,993 have now been given second doses and the seven-day rolling average of first doses given in the UK is 439,980.
Based on the latest figures, an average of 402,895 first doses of vaccine would be needed each day in order to meet the Government s target of 15 million first doses by February 15.
The Government also said that, as of 9am on Friday, there had been a further 19,114 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.
It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,911,573. Of these, 256,582 have been in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire after a daily rise of 1,592.
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Stoke-on-Trent s main hospital is to name new facilities in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore after he died from coronavirus.
Parking charges have been reinstated at the Royal Stoke University Hospital
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Patients and visitors paid out a whopping £3 million to park at two Staffordshire hospitals in one year.
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Eight more patients have died at two Staffordshire hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus in the past 28 days.
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