OVER 97 per cent of people aged 70 and over have received their vaccines in mid Essex, figures have revealed.

A list of the latest available figures of people aged 70 and over who have received the coronavirus vaccine in England has been released.

The figures are broken down by Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG).

A total of 97.2 per cent of over 70s in mid Essex have had their first vaccination.

This equates to 58,577 people.

There are 135 CCGs in the country, and they commission most of the hospital and community NHS services in the local areas for which they are responsible.

The figures are based on provisional data from NHS England for vaccinations up to February 14.