The rise indicates that the supply of the vaccine is beginning to reach an optimum level, following a lengthy period which saw availability decline.
Only once since the rollout began (January 18-24) have more than 70,000 injections been administered in the space of seven days.
When it comes to first doses alone, Norfolk and Waveney has now passed the three-quarter mark with a total of 649,446 people (76.2pc) having been for a vaccine.
That compares to 70pc of adults across England as a whole, and puts Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership third out of 43 health systems in the country.
In terms of giving out both doses, the area has the sixth-best vaccination rate, while England s overall rate stands at 43pc.
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The Covid vaccination centre at King s Lynn Corn Exchange
- Credit: Ian Burt
Almost a million coronavirus jabs have been given out in Norfolk and Waveney, new figures have revealed.
Fresh data published by NHS England on Thursday shows 948,430 injections have been administered since the vaccination programme began in December.
A Covid vaccine being administered at Castle Quarter in Norwich
- Credit: Danielle Booden
During the latest seven-day period, up to May 9, another 53,705 people across the area received shots.
It represents a slight improvement on last week, when
Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership continues to have the second-best vaccination rate in the country when it comes to follow-up doses, at 40.4pc.
The Covid vaccination centre at King s Lynn Corn Exchange
- Credit: Ian Burt
Almost a million coronavirus jabs have been given out in Norfolk and Waveney, new figures have revealed.
Fresh data published by NHS England on Thursday shows 948,430 injections have been administered since the vaccination programme began in December.
A Covid vaccine being administered at Castle Quarter in Norwich
- Credit: Danielle Booden
During the latest seven-day period, up to May 9, another 53,705 people across the area received shots.
It represents a slight improvement on last week, when
Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership continues to have the second-best vaccination rate in the country when it comes to follow-up doses, at 40.4pc.