NHS England has for the first time published COVID-19 vaccination data for each area of the country.
The new data shows that up to February 21, 138,685 people in Cumbria had received a vaccine against COVID-19.
It is estimated that the population of Cumbria was 500,000 in mid-2019, using those figures it means roughly 27.74 per cent of the county has been vaccinated.
Here are the figures broken down by constituency, using ONS population data from 2019:
- Barrow – 25,776 (29.7 per cent of the population)
- Carlisle – 27,850 (32.07 per cent of the population)
- Copeland – 27,054 (34.61 per cent of the population)
- Penrith and the Border – 27,522 (33.2 per cent of the population)
- Westmorland and Lonsdale – 30,483 (35.71 per cent of the population)
In total, more than 19.3 million doses have been administered to more than 18.6 million people across the United Kingdom – equivalent to 1 in 3 adults.
The vaccine programme is averaging more than 2.5 million doses a week, with new targets to offer the vaccine to everyone in the top nine priority groups by April 15, and the rest of the adult population by the end of July.
Barrow MP Simon Fell said: “The NHS vaccination programme, the biggest in our country’s history, has been a fantastic success story and showcases the very best of collaboration across the entire United Kingdom.
“I would like to thank everyone involved in this enormous effort, without whom, this would not be possible.
“Thanks to the amazing efforts of local Primary Care Networks, Furness General, and volunteers from Rotary, Ulverston Self Isolation Group and others, the NHS has given a first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 to almost a third of the population of Furness already.
“The vaccine is our way out of this pandemic, and I want to thank everyone who’s answered the call and gone along for their jab.”
