Over a third of East Devon population has received COVID vaccine

Nearly half of Devon and Cornwall's adult population 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 South West regions.

They show that 39.1 per cent of the adult population have received their first jab. This is up on the 34.2 per cent as of February 14.

Of the total population of Devon, 13,429, people, 1.3 per cent have also had their second dose.

And figures for the first time show the number of vaccines that have been delivered in each local authority.

Every single local authority in Devon and Cornwall has seen at least a quarter of its residents receive one dose of the vaccine, even when you include the under 18s who the vaccine is not licensed for use on.

The Isles of Scilly have had the highest percentage of its total population with one dose (39.7 per cent), with East Devon and West Devon both having 39.1 per cent vaccinated.

The vaccination figures for East Devon for each age range were as follows:

Under 70 - 23,422

70-74 - 11,378

75-79 - 9,117

80+ - 13,266

This comes to a total of 57,183, the equivalent of 39.1 per cent of the population, including under 18s who the vaccine is not licensed for.