MORE THAN 950,000 jabs have been given across Dorset, according to the latest figures.
Coronavirus rates in the county have remained lower than the national and regional average with less than 70 new cases each day.
The most recent government data shows that there have still been no reported deaths from the coronavirus since May 3 in Dorset.
A total of 737 people have died from the coronavirus in University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) since the start of the pandemic.
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UHD incorporates the former Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Trust, as well as Poole Hospital.
Meanwhile the data shows that there have been a total of 111 reported deaths from the coronavirus at the Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester - with the last recorded death from the virus at the site on March 31.
Cases rise across the UK
Across England the case rate has started to slowly rise in the last two weeks although the average rate in Dorset remains below the rest of the nation.
In the last seven days to June 12, there were 37,742 new cases across England with a rate of 67.1 per 100,000 people.
There have been 66 positive cases of coronavirus across the whole of Dorset in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data.
Rapid testing kit - PA
Figures released by Public Health Dorset show in the seven days to June 15, the rate in Dorset was 21.1 per 100,000 people with 80 new cases confirmed this week.
In the conurbation the rate is nearly double this number at 41 and 162 new cases in the last seven days.
This is the total number of people with at least one positive COVID-19 test result, either lab-reported or through a lateral flow device.
More than 950,000 jabs given in Dorset
Data released by NHS England shows 959,864 jabs have been given across the county.
Figures released by NHS England show that a total of 458,125 vaccines have been given across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
There have been 252,048 first doses given across BCP, with 206,077 residents also receiving their second jab.
Covid vaccination centre at the BIC in Bournemouth - The Echo
Figures show that a total of 501,739 doses have been given across wider Dorset.
In Dorset 274,030 people have received their first dose and 227,709 residents have received their second dose - a total of 501,739.
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