Over 40 per cent of the people living in Bracknell Forest have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 54,876 people in Bracknell Forest had received a jab by April 11 and 14,270 of them are under the age of 50.

That means around 45 per cent of the population has been vaccinated, as there are 122,549 people living in Bracknell Forest, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimate.

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The vaccine data has been broken down to show how many people in each of the local neighbourhoods, which are known as Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs), have taken the jab.

Binfield and Popeswood is leading the way, as 4,971 people who live there have been vaccinated.

There are 4,807 in Great Hollands, 4,773 in Wick Hill and 4,368 in Central Bracknell and Wildridings that have received a jab.

Number of people who have had at least one dose of a vaccine in other areas of Bracknell: 

  • Bullbrook – 3,945
  • Birch Hill and Hanworth East – 3,497
  • Chavey Down and North Ascot West – 3,399
  • Sandhurst – 3,389
  • Crowthorne – 3,352
  • South Winkfield and Cranbourne – 3,350
  • College Town – 3,199
  • Owlsmoor and Broadmoor – 3,152
  • Hanworth West – 3,102
  • Priestwood – 2,791
  • Crown Wood – 2,781

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During the pandemic, more than 7,000 people have tested positive for the virus in Bracknell Forest and 185 of them have died.

Bracknell’s seven-day infection rate peaked at 848.6 cases per 100,000 people on January 1 – four days before the national lockdown was imposed.

But the rate has plummeted during lockdown and the latest figures show it stood at 24.5 cases per 100,000 people on April 10.

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the national lockdown has done “the bulk of the work in reducing the disease” in the UK and it has “not been achieved by the vaccination programme”.

Across Berkshire, 412,947 have had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the latest NHS figures.