A Covd vaccine being administered at Castle Quarter in Norwich
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Another 20,000 people in Norfolk and Waveney have received second doses of the coronavirus vaccine during the latest seven-day period.
Fresh figures published by NHS England show 21,726 follow-up injections were administered in the week to March 28.
The large-scale Covid vaccination centre at Connaught Hall in Attleborough
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It means a total of 53,788 patients now have substantial protection against the effects of Covid-19.
People have this week been
And, encouragingly, nearly a third of over-80s - the oldest group on the government s priority list - have already been given their second level of protection (32.9pc).
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A woman was seriously assaulted at the recreation ground behind Connaught Hall in Attleborough
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A woman was hospitalised with serious leg injuries after a man attacked her in a town park.
The victim, aged in her 30s, was attacked at the recreation ground behind Connaught Hall on Station Road, Attleborough, between 4pm and 5pm on Saturday (March 13).
She sustained serious injuries to her leg which required hospital treatment.
A man in his 40s, from the Cambridgeshire area, was subsequently arrested in connection with the incident on Tuesday.
He remain in police custody and initial enquiries have established those involved are known to each other.