A total of 16,291,719 people in Britain are now fully vaccinated, having received their second dose.
Meanwhile 34,934,171 people have had at least one dose - a rise of 139,097 on the previous day.
Nine in 10 people in England aged 70 and over have had both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, NHS England figures suggest.
An estimated 90.0 per cent of people in this age group had received both jabs as of May 2, meaning they are fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
Some 50.5 per cent of people aged 65 to 69 are estimated to have had both doses, along with 26.1 per cent of people aged 60 to 64, 21.6 per cent of people aged 55 to 59, and 17.9 per cent of people aged 50 to 54.
It comes as the UK’s largest holiday company is set to offer Covid-19 tests for a fraction of the standard prices to “make travel a possibility.”
It was announced on Thursday that Tui had partnered with the government’s authorised test provider Chronomics to make holidays this summer “easy and affordable.”
Packages from the travel agency start at £20 for a pre-departure lateral flow test and a PCR test for the second day after their return, including delivery and return costs for the tests.
Tui is also offering a £50 package containing an additional PCR test, which will be needed for those travelling from a country on the amber list.
PCR tests typically cost £120 each, although several travel companies offer them for £60.
Tui is set to resume flights on May 17 - when the UK government is expected to allow travel abroad for non-essential reasons.
On Friday the government is expected to unveil the “traffic light” ratings for countries ahead of legalising holidays overseas from May 17. Only a handful, including Gibraltar, Malta, Israel, Iceland and possibly Portugal, are expected to be designated “green”, meaning returning travellers will not have to quarantine, although they will have to take PCR tests before flying out and on the second day of their return.
In an article in The Telegraph, the bosses of Heathrow, BA, easyJet, Jet2 and Manchester Airports Group, the owner of Stansted, described the tests requirement as “an overabundance of caution” that would stifle any recovery in the travel sector.
