This is how many people have received Covid jabs in Colchester

NHS data shows 58,749 people had received both jabs by May 16 - 37 per cent 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, 50,063 were aged 40 and over – 54 per cent of the age group.

It means 8,686 people aged between 16 and 39 have received both doses.

The NHS vaccine data also reveals variation in coverage between different areas for residents who have received at least one dose.

Across Colchester, 64 per cent of those aged 16 and over have received their first jab.

Areas with the highest coverage were West Bergholt and Wormingford, with 79.3 per cent of people aged 16 and over given their first dose, following by Lexden with 79.2 per cent.

Prettygate and Westlands came closed behind with 78.9 per cent.

Greenstead was the area with the lowest coverage at 34.6 per cent, followed by Wivenhoe and the university at 44.3 per cent and New Town and Hythe with 45.7 per cent.

More than half of people in Tendring have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, figures reveal.

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NHS data shows 64,430 people had received both jabs by May 16 – 53 per cent of those aged 16 and over. Of those to have received both jabs, 58,847 were aged 40 and over, 65 per cent of the age group. It means 5,583 people aged between 16 and 39 have received both doses.

Across Tendring, 77 per cent of those aged 16 and over have received their first jab.

Weeley and Thorpe-le-Soken was the area which had the highest coverage with 87.5 per cent of people aged 16 and over given their first dose.

Next was Holland-on-Sea with 83.8 per cent followed by Frinton West and Kirby with a first vaccination rate of 83.3 per cent.

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The area of Tendring with the lowest rate was Harwich Town and Dovercourt at 67 per cent followed by Clacton Central at 69.2 per cent and Harwich Parkeston at 69.7 per cent.

Across England, 17.1 million people had received a second dose of the jab by May 16- 38 per cent of the population aged over 16 and over.

That includes 15.1 million people aged 40 and over, 53 per cent of the age group.

In total, 30.4 million people had received at least one dose of a vaccine by the same date, covering 67 per cent of people over 16.

Anyone aged over 32 is now being invited to get their first vaccination.

Prof Andrew Pollard, one of the main researchers behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, said the pandemic in the UK could be ‘over’ if the vaccines cut the risk of hospitalisation and death as well in the real world as analysis suggests.

Studies by Public Health England have found two doses of AstraZeneca or Pfizer’s jab provide a similar level of protection against symptomatic disease from the Indian variant as they do for the Kent version, which caused the country’s devastating second wave.

People are now being urged to take part in trials to find out whether a third dose could protect against new variants.