The number of people who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea has now surpassed 40-million.

The government's vaccine task force said that this landmark was reached as of 4 p.m. Monday.

This comes on the 228th day  of the country's vaccination program which began on February 26. 

As of this afternoon, those who have been inoculated at least once stands at 40-million-six-thousand-549, accounting for 77-point-nine percent of the entire population or 90-point-six percent of the population aged 18 or over.