ALMOST 8,500 people in Dorset have received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine, according to NHS figures.
Statistics have been issued at a more localised level for the first time and show that a cumulative total of 68,693 vaccine jabs have been given to people across the county.
This breaks down as 60,195 first jabs and 8,498 second jabs, with the numbers covering the period from December 8, 2020, up until Sunday, January 17.
Of the second jabs administered, 6,970 were given to people aged 80 and over.
According to the data, 51,697 Dorset residents had received just their first jab.
The figures, released on Thursday, January 21, do not include any data since the opening of the vaccination centre at the BIC.
There are now more than 20 sites in Dorset administering Covid vaccinations, with the BIC able to deliver 9,000 a week once it reaches capacity.
Other sites include GP-led clinics and at the county's three main hospitals – Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, Poole Hospital and Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
- Read more: Where in Dorset are Covid-19 vaccinations taking place? An updated list of all 21 sites
- Read more: 'The happiness is phenomenal': Covid-19 vaccinations begin at the BIC
Across the whole of the south west 52,083 people have received both doses of the vaccine, with a further 363,004 having had just their first jab.
The localised breakdown of the overall number of doses delivered is as follows:
- Cumbria and North East 271,536
- Cheshire and Merseyside 201,220
- Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership 187,947
- Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 166,417
- Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria 158,047
- West Yorkshire and Harrogate (Health and Care Partnership) 157,594
- Humber, Coast and Vale 142,882
- Kent and Medway 127,823
- Sussex and East Surrey Health and Care Partnership 125,364
- Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West 121,338
- South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw 116,978
- Hertfordshire and West Essex 115,304
- Birmingham and Solihull 98,536
- Devon 98,234
- The Black Country and West Birmingham 97,310
- South West London Health and Care Partnership 95,583
- Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent 92,356
- North West London Health and Care Partnership 91,234
- Our Healthier South East London 82,483
- North London Partners in Health and Care 80,477
- Mid and South Essex 80,211
- Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 79,743
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire 78,940
- East London Health and Care Partnership 77,117
- Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership 76,234
- Joined Up Care Derbyshire 70,332
- Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership 69,476
- Dorset 68,693
- Northamptonshire 66,027
- Gloucestershire 65,026
- Coventry and Warwickshire 64,667
- Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire 63,293
- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland 61,532
- Suffolk and North East Essex 59,338
- Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes 52,237
- Frimley Health and Care ICS 50,215
- Lincolnshire 49,633
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Health and Care 49,336
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 46,540
- Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Health and Social Care Partnership 46,468
- Somerset 45,713
- Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin 27,764
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