Nearly a quarter of Borehamwood’s residents have been given at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to NHS data.

Figures published by NHS England show 7,894 people living in the town had at least one of their two jabs by February 21.

This includes a little over 3,000 residents aged over 70.

The data also shows a further 6,660 residents across Elstree, Radlett, Aldenham, Shenley, and South Mimms have had the first jab. Data suggests around a third of Bushey's population have received at least one jab.

A full breakdown across Hertsmere, including by age, can be found further down.

The vaccination programme has been rolled out across Borehamwood and the rest of Hertsmere, with centres set up at Allum Hall and at Med Mart in Imperial Place.

Other large vaccination centres around Hertfordshire have also been administering jabs.

The programme in Hertsmere and the rest of south west Hertfordshire is being led by the NHS Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Groups, which is among some of the better performing CCG’s in the country.

Data up until February 14 showed 94.9 per cent of the CCG’s over 70s population had received their first dose of the vaccine.

In all, more than 16.5 million people across England, over a third of the adult population, have received the life-saving jab.

People are being invited to be vaccinated in order of risk, which increases with age.

Currently, people aged in their 60s are being invited or will be invited by the NHS to book an appointment.

The Government met its ambition to offer jabs to all those in the top four priority groups – adults aged 70 and over, frontline health and social care workers and the most clinically vulnerable – by February 15.

Meanwhile in Borehamwood, and the rest of Hertsmere, new coronavirus cases have sunk to the lowest levels since the beginning of October, with 69 cases found in the borough in the seven days to February 22.

This compares to more than 1,000 cases found over a seven-day period over Christmas and New Year.