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May 2021
Total vaccine doses in Harrogate district near 170,000
Nearly 170,000 covid vaccine doses have been given in the Harrogate district, according to the latest government figures.
Public Health England data show that a total of 168,858 have been given.
The number includes 104,487 first vaccines and 63,371 second jabs.
Figures show that first doses have steadily increased throughout this month, with the latest data showing 1,011 people received a first jab on May 19.
As demonstrated by the graph below, April saw the number of those receiving their first covid vaccine plateau due to a national shortage in supply.
Since then, numbers have gradually increased and those in their 30s are now being invited to book their first appointment.
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Currently, those aged 32 and over are eligible to come forward for a vaccine.
It comes as two vaccination centres in the Harrogate district are set to close in August.
Both the Great Yorkshire Showground and Ripon Racecourse will close down. The two GP-led sites have administered more than 120,000 jabs so far.
However, the pharmacy sites in Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge will remain open.
Dr Ian Dilley, a GP partner at East Parade Surgery in Harrogate and clinical director of the Mowbray Square Primary Care Network, said earlier this week:
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