Almost 100,000 vaccine doses given out in west & central Berkshire
The latest figures cover Reading, Wokingham and west Berkshire
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.