Half of all adults in West vaccinated

NEARLY half of Devon and Cornwall’s adults have now had their first Covid-19 vaccine.

The statistics, which provide the position as of February 21, show that there have been

404,574 vaccines delivered in Devon, with 391,325 of them being the first dose. Just under 50,000 vaccinations were carried out in the last week.

The figures for Devon, which will have risen in the most recent days, are by far the highest number of vaccinations for any of the regions within the South West and they show that 39.1% of the adult population had received their first jab.

This is up on the 34.2% as of February 14. Of the total population of Devon, 13,429 people, 1.3%, have also had their second dose.

The vaccination statistics show that as of last Sunday, of the 78,744 over-80s, 57,979 of those aged 75-79 and 75,449 of those aged 70-74 had received their first dose – 99.1% of the total cohort.

A total of 45,982 of those aged 65-69 had their first dose – 60.9% of the cohort – while 133,171 people aged under 65 – 18.7% of the cohort – have had their first dose.

In Cornwall, 186,546 people as of last Sunday had been given their first dose, 39.3% of total adult population.