Slow under-50s uptake as vaccinations continue

Vaccination of Peninsula residents appear to be continuing at a rate of around 8500 doses a fortnight, according to figures on the NSW Government Covid-19 website.

This is around the same rate as in the previous month.

However, the figures also appear to show a slow uptake in the under-50s, compared to the state average, and a lower proportion of full doses in the over-50s.

Figures derived from the website show that the proportion of the eligible population which has received a first dose has gone from a percentage in the low 70s on September 2 to around 80 per cent on September 16.

Recipients of full doses have increased from percentages in the mid-30s to the high 40s.

Total injection numbers in the 2256 postcode area have increased from 14,500 to 17,500, while the numbers for the 2257 postcode have grown from 27,500 to 33,000.

The average number of doses per person has grown from 1.33 to 1.53 for over-50s and from 0.71 to 0.96 for under-50s in the 2256 postcode.

The corresponding figures for the 2257 postcode show an increase 1.28 per person to 1.47 for over-50s and 0.80 to 1.07 for under-50s.

The derived figures show that 80 per cent of the 2256 population and 81 per cent of the 2257 population have received first doses.

The over-50s population in the 2256 postcode area has a first dose figure of 96 per cent, while the same population in the 2257 postcode area has a first dose figure of 91 per cent.

The first dose figure for the under-50s in 2256 is 60 per cent, while the figure for that age group in 2257 is 67 per cent.

Second doses have been administered to 47 per cent of the 2256 population and 49 per cent of the 2257 population.

Of over-50s in the 2256 area, 56 per cent are fully vaccinated, while in 2257 55 per cent are fully vaccinated

The proportion of under-50s fully-vaccinated is 35 per cent in the 2256 postcode and 40 per cent in the 2257 postcode.

SOURCE:

Website, 16 Sep 2021

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