In Northern Ireland, 614,629 first doses have been administered – approximately 42pc of the adult population.
Comparably, 396,089 first doses of the vaccine have been issued in Ireland – just over 11pc of the adult population.
Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann said on Tuesday he expected the rate of inoculation to accelerate following the arrival of a “significant” delivery of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Mr Swann said it would be the “largest delivery of a single vaccine that we’ve ever received in Northern Ireland... we’ll really see an escalation of our vaccine programme”.
Meanwhile, Ireland, one of 27 member states signed up to the EU procurement deal, is currently experiencing significant delays to AstraZeneca supplies, causing vaccination targets to be revised yet again.