Here's how many people have now had Covid vaccines in Hertfordshire

Nearly all people aged 70 and over in Herts Valley receive Covid-19 vaccine
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New NHS data has revealed how many coronavirus vaccines have been given out in each part of the country.

NHS England publishes weekly localised breakdown of coronavirus vaccinations administered every Thursday.

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As of February 14, in the NHS Herts Valleys CCG area - which covers Dacorum, Hertsmere, St Albans, Harpenden, Watford and Three Rivers - 137,360 vaccinations had been administered.

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Here's a breakdown of the vaccinations for The NHS Herts Valleys CCG area:

> 61,802 people aged under 70 have received their first dose

> 70,998 people aged over 70 have received their first dose (equating to 95% of the population in that age group)

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> 1,024 people aged under 70 have received their second dose

> 3,536 people aged over 70 have received their second dose.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared that first jabs had now been offered to everyone in the top four vaccine priority groups – consisting of older care home residents, care home workers, people aged over 70, frontline health and social care workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable.

The Government has now pledged to offer vaccinations to everyone aged over 50 by the end of April.

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The data also shows 61,802 people aged between 16 and 69 in Herts Valley had received a first vaccination dose.

It means 28% of people aged 16 and over living in the area have received their first jab.

As of February 14, Hertfordshire and West Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) had administered 340,978 - which includes the first and second dose.

The figures cover people vaccinated in the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System area ­– a collaboration between local NHS services and councils aimed at improving health care.

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Here's a breakdown of the vaccinations in Hertfordshire and West Essex:

> 141,420 people under the age of 70 had received their first dose

> 62,654 people aged 70 to 74 had received their first dose

> 47,177 people 75 to 79 had received their first dose

> 71,035 people aged 80 and over had received their first dose

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> 3,425 people under the age of 70 had received their second dose

> 126 people aged 70 to 74 had received their second dose

> 289 people 75 to 79 had received their second dose

> 14,852 people aged 80 and over had received their second dose.

In Dacorum, all GP surgeries have joined together to form a vaccination centre at Maxted Road, in Hemel Hempstead.

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Residents will be contacted by text message or a phone call from their GP to book an appointment for their vaccine.

A pharmacy in Apsley has been added to the national booking system, residents can book to have their vaccine here, if they are in the priority groups and have received a letter inviting them to have their jab.

Alternatively, residents in Dacorum can also choose to receive their vaccine at Hemel Hempstead Hospital or the mass vaccination centre at Robertson House in Stevenage, through the national booking system.

Read: These are the vaccination sites and services in Dacorum and Hertfordshire.Across England, around 6.5 million people aged 70 and over had received their first dose of the vaccine by the end of January, covering 86% of the age group – although the dosage figure includes a small number with registered addresses in Scotland or Wales.

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The Government says the vaccine rollout is on track to meet a target of offering a first dose of the vaccine to everyone in the top four priority groups by the middle of February.

Older care home residents, care home workers, people aged over 70, frontline health and social care workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable make up the four groups.