By Vicky Nash Audience and Content Editor
76 per cent of Dorset people have received two Covid-19 vaccine doses THREE-quarters of people in Dorset have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, figures reveal. NHS data shows 242,485 people had received both jabs by July 4 – 76% of those aged 16 and over, based on latest population estimates for mid-2020 from the Office for National Statistics. Of those to have received both jabs, 237,050 were aged 25 and over – 82% of the age group. It means 5,435 people aged between 16 to 25 have received both doses. Meanwhile, 290,150 people in Dorset have received at least one dose of a vaccine – 91% of those aged 16 and over.
Three-quarters of people in Dorset have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, figures reveal. NHS data shows 233,266 people had received both jabs by June 20 – 73% of those aged 16 and over, based on the latest population estimates from the Office for National Statistics. Of those to have received both jabs, 228,633 were aged 25 and over – 79% of the age group. It means 4,633 people aged between 16 to 25 have received both doses. The NHS vaccine data also reveals variation in coverage for residents who had received at least one dose between different areas across Dorset. Across Dorset, 88% of those aged 16 and over have had one jab.
More than a quarter of people aged 45 and over in Dorset have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, figures reveal. NHS data shows 93,774 people had received both jabs by April 25 – 29% of those aged 16 and over, based on the latest population estimates from the Office for National Statistics. Of those to have received both jabs, 84,292 were aged 45 and over – 39% of the age group. It means 9,482 people aged between 16 and 44 have received both doses. The figures also show 241,530 people in Dorset have received at least one jab – 76% of those aged 16 and over. It comes as the Government announced an extra 60 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab have been secured for a booster vaccination programme in the autumn.