More than 50,000 receive COVID-19 booster vaccine
Royal Borough: Latest coronavirus stats reveal third jab figures for our area
The latest NHS figures have been released showing the number of patients in hospital with coronavirus at the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Data shows 77 people with COVID-19 were occupying beds at the trust’s three hospitals – which include Wexham Park and Heatherwood – as of Tuesday, December 7.
This was an increase of 18 per cent from the 65 patients with coronavirus being cared for by the trust on Tuesday, November 30.
Windsor and Maidenhead recorded 1,076 positive cases of COVID-19 from Sunday, December 5 to Saturday, December 11.
This compared to 1,030 the previous seven days.
Neighbouring Slough recorded
786 positive coronavirus cases from Sunday, December 5 to Saturday, December 11.
This compared to 753 over the previous seven days, a rise of 4.3 per cent.
NHS vaccination figures show 51,934 residents in Windsor and Maidenhead have received their third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
This is approximately 34 per cent of the local authority’s
estimated population of 151,273.
In Slough, about one in five people have received their coronavirus booster jab.
A total of 29,687 people had been jabbed three times as of December 9, approximately 19.8 per cent of the borough’s population.
Residents have been told to pre-book their vaccination appointments at Slough’s Salt Hill Vaccination Centre as the
facility is not currently accepting walk-ins.
The Government is aiming to offer booster jabs to everyone over 18 in the UK by the end of December due to the emergence of the Omicron variant.
People can book by visiting www.nhs.uk/conditions/ coronavirus-covid-19/ coronavirus-vaccination/ book-coronavirusvaccination