By Nick Morrison
Saturday saw me getting my second Covid jab.
Another seamless efficient operation by our vaccination center. Take up has been high.So its a big thankyou and well done to all the front line and backroom NHS staff.
Here are the vaccination stats for Orkney (18th April 2021)
80+ Years 1st dose 98.9% 2nd dose 86.8%
75-79 Years 1st dose 95.9% 2nd dose 35.7%
70 -74 Years 1st dose 96.1% 2nd dose 13.8%
65 -69 Years 1st dose 96.7% 2nd dose 8.3%
60 – 64 Years 1st dose 98.5% 2nd dose 11.8%
55 – 59 Years 1st dose 95.3% 2nd dose 12.1%
50 – 54 Years 1st dose 89.4% 2nd dose 13.5%
40 – 49 Years 1st dose 83.3% 2nd dose 11.1%
30 – 39 Years 1st dose 60.1% 2nd dose 8.9%
16 – 29 Years 1st dose 18.3% 2nd dose 5.5%
In total 14,303 adults in Orkney have had the first dose (76.5%) and 3,197 have had the second dose (17.1%)
For the whole of Scotland
Covid Stats for Scotland as at 18th April 2021
- 211 new cases of COVID-19 reported
- 15,097 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results – 1.6% of these were positive
- 0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive. (Noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends)
- 2,744,231 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 738,420 have received their second dose