He said: “The phenomenal vaccine rollout has offered every adult some protection against the virus, and the crucial link between cases, hospitalisations and deaths is weakened.”
To date, 87.2 percent of the adult population have received their first dose of the Covid vaccine.
While 66.2 percent of adult Brits have been fully vaccinated having had two doses of the vaccine.
Although the Government is pushing ahead with its planned reopening the PM has urged caution.