Almost 100,000 vaccine doses given out in west & central Berkshire

The latest figures cover Reading, Wokingham and west Berkshire

Author: Tevye Markson - Local democracy reporterPublished 19th Feb 2021
Last updated 19th Feb 2021

Almost 100,000 doses of the Covid-19 jabs have been administered in Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire.

This includes almost 90,000 first doses, with around two-thirds of those in the over 70s group.

Vaccine stats have finally been revealed for the Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area this week, showing how many people have received a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Previously, the most localised stats for vaccinations were at an Integrated Care System level, which meant we could only see how many people had been vaccinated across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West

The Berkshire West CCG area is made up of the Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire.

CCGs commission hospital and community NHS services for the area.

Here are the full stats for Berkshire West:

Under 70s

First dose: 33,089

Second dose: 1,457

70+

First dose: 57,716

Second dose: 3,379

Total doses

First dose: 90,805

Second dose: 4,836

Total: 98,461

Population

The Berkshire West area has a population of approximately 528,000 people.

This means around 17 per cent of people have received a first dose in Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire or around one in six people.

Comparison with other areas

Comparing areas is difficult due to a disparity in information on the latest population sizes but we can get a picture with the rough figures available.

Looking at the other areas nearby, 77,939 people in East Berkshire have received their first dose, around 17 per cent of the estimated 452,000 people in the area, a similar amount to in West Berkshire.

East Berkshire area covers Bracknell, Ascot, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead.

The Oxfordshire CCG says they cover around 700,000 people and 150,000 people have received their first dose, which is roughly 21 per cent.

In Buckinghamshire, 122,862 people have received their first dose out of a rough estimated population of around 530,000 people, which is around 23 per cent.

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