Around a fifth of Watford's residents have been given at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to NHS data.

Figures published by NHS England show 21,953 people living in the town had at least one of their two jabs by February 21.

This includes more than 8,000 residents aged over 70.

The data also shows a further 26,500 residents across Three Rivers have had the first jab, which is just higher than a quarter of the district's population, while data suggests around a third of Bushey's population have received at least one jab.

In Watford, the proportion of residents who have had the vaccine varies in different parts of the town.

This could be for a number of reasons including: some areas have a higher elderly or vulnerable population, there may have been an issue with supply, or those accepting invitations to have the jab in some parts of the town hasn't been as high.

By analysing the number of jabs administered, and 2019 population estimates by the Office for National Statistics, the data suggests the areas of Watford with the highest proportion of residents vaccinated at least once are Oxhey, Tudor, Garston, Nascot Wood, and Cassiobury, with roughly 25 to 30 per cent of those areas' population jabbed.

The analysis suggests the lowest proportion is in Central Watford (around 17 per cent) followed by North Watford (Callowland) at 18 per cent.

A full breakdown across Watford and Three Rivers of the vaccines given, including by age, can be found below.

There are a number of vaccination centres operating across Watford including at the town hall, Asda, and a number of GP surgeries.

The programme in Watford 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.