More than two percent of South Korea's population have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the past 45 days since the national inoculation program began.

According to the vaccination task force on Monday, over one-point-15 million people have received their first shots since February 26, accounting for two-point-23 percent of the country's population of 52 million.

Of this total, most - or some 916-thousand - were given the AstraZeneca shot while 240-thousand received the Pfizer vaccine.

Three-hundred-five people received their first doses on Sunday alone.

Both AstraZeneca and Pfizer are two-dose regimens.