48.1 percent of the total population, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) received on Saturday morning.
More than one in four people (21.35 million people or 25.7 percent) are now fully vaccinated.
According to the RKI, a total of 60.1 million vaccine doses have been administered in Germany so far, 965,478 of them on Friday.
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) wrote on Twitter for the first time on three days that the million mark for daily vaccinations was cracked this week. According to the RKI, around two thirds of all vaccinations were given in vaccination centers and one third in doctor’s offices.
Among the federal states, Bremen continues to have the highest proportion of first-time vaccinations with 52.9 percent, while Saxony remains at the bottom with 43.0 percent.
With 30.4 percent, Saarland has the highest proportion of residents with complete vaccination protection and has so far administered the most vaccination doses per inhabitant.
According to the RKI, the vaccination campaign is running slowest in Hamburg, which is also one of the states that have received the fewest vaccine doses so far.
