number of deaths over the past seven days to 135. 0n vaccinations, 86.3% of people aged 12 and over have now received a first dose, and just over 79% have had two doses of the vaccine. dr kit yates is a senior lecturer in mathematical biology at the university of bath and a member of independent sage. that s a group of scientists that tries to monitor the advice the government is being given by members of sage can sometimes take their own views on where we should be heading. as always you were speaking in a personal capacity here, your assessment of where we stand at the moment. what do you make of the figures and the trends that we are seeing? i figures and the trends that we are seeinu ? ~ ., ., ., seeing? i think we are not in a particularly seeing? i think we are not in a particularly good seeing? i think we are not in a particularly good situation, - particularly good situation, especially when you compare us to comparative european neighbours like italy, france, germany and s