By Nearly a fifth of all Lincolnshire residents have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, it’s been confirmed.
Over 271,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Lincolnshire so far – of which 5,281 were second doses, according to new figures from NHS England.
A total of 266,323 people have received their first dose – that equates to 19.14% of the county’s population based on the most recent population estimates.
The weekly data released today shows a total of 271,604 jabs have taken place between 8 December and 28 February – up by 34,577 on the previous week and higher week-on-week (34,228).
However, that figure was still lower than the previous weeks (36,828 and 38,365 respectively).
A SAGE expert says the UK will have to learn to live with a ‘substantial’ number of Covid deaths each year.
Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said society will have to live with a degree of mortality that will be “substantial”, but added that we will “get back to normal”.
He told Times Radio: “I think, you know, given the societal trade-offs, we are going to have to live with a degree of mortality that will be substantial.
“I think it will get less over time as more people get vaccinated, and as more people get immune, and I do believe that we’ve been through the worst of this.”
Prof Hayward said he does not think new variants of Covid-19 will completely evade vaccine-related immunity.
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