ALMOST 200,000 coronavirus vaccinations have now been administered to people in north Essex, the latest data shows.

NHS England’s latest data shows a total of 86,791 Colchester residents have now received at least one dose of the jab.

Parson’s Heath is the area in Colchester where the highest number of residents have received at least one dose - it stands at 7,080 residents.

Lexden is at the other end of the scale for the area with 3,104 vaccinations having been administered.

Within North East Essex’s Clinical Commissioning Group’s area, a total of 189,338 people have had their first or second dose.

This table shows the number of jabs given out in each part of Colchester:

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