THE NHS has revealed more than 6,000 people in Herefordshire have been given their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine over the last week.
NHS England figures revealed the number of people in Herefordshire's 23 middle super output areas who had had at least one dose.
These areas have an average population of 8,000, and across the county nearly 80,000 people have now had at least one dose. The figures cover up to March 7.
Overall in Herefordshire, 77,839 first doses have been given. That's up by 6,644 compared to figures covering up to February 28. A second dose of the vaccine is then given 12 weeks after the first.
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More than 4,000 people have been vaccinated in seven different areas of Herefordshire.
They are:
- Shobdon, Luston & Bodenham: 4,242
- Bromyard & Bishop's Frome: 5,370
- Credenhill, Weobley & Wellington: 4,201
- Ledbury: 4,403
- Kingstone & Kingsthorne: 4,288
- Ross-on-Wye: 4,579
- Penyard, Llangarron & Goodrich: 4,564
The data looks at cases by "middle super output area', which are used in the reporting of small area statistic.
Vaccines in Herefordshire are given in the order of the Government's priority list, with most at five centres run by GP surgeries. There is also a mass site at Elgar House in Holmer Road, Hereford.
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