Telford fifth highest in country for vaccinating over 50s
Telford and Wrekin has the fifth-highest Covid vaccination rate in the country for the proportion of over 50s who have had their first jab, new figures show.
Latest figures show 62,109 of those aged 50 and over in the borough have had their first dose – 94.6 per cent.
Meanwhile in Shropshire, 137,526 over 50s have had their first vaccine, accounting for 90.7 per cent in that age category.
It comes as there have been no further Covid deaths reported in the county, according to latest NHS figures.
The number of people to have died with Covid at county NHS trusts overall remains at 595.
The number of Covid deaths in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin care homes is 294.
According to the Office for National Statistics 248 people have died with the virus in Powys.
