Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights: Vaccines (Latest release)

In England, 13,940,868 people aged 50 years and over had received an autumn booster by 21 November 2022. Over 500,000 received their autumn booster in the latest seven day period (15 November to 21 November 2022).

All adults aged between 50 and 64 years were offered the autumn booster from 14 October 2022. Before this, boosters were being offered to residents and staff of care homes for older people, frontline health and social care workers, all adults aged 65 years and over, those aged 5 years and over in a clinical risk group, those aged 5 years and over who live with an immunosuppressed individual, and those aged 16 years and over who are carers.

More information can be found in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) statement. This chart uses the vaccination data from the GOV.UK Coronavirus Dashboard which includes only those aged 50 years and over. This differs to the data from NHS England which includes those aged under 50 years, for example health care workers and immunosuppressed individuals.

Last updated: 25/11/2022

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The length of time since people were last vaccinated varies by age group. More older people have received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the last three months than younger people. The majority of those aged 80 years and over (79.8%), 75 to 79 years (80.4%), 70 to 74 years (77.5%), 65 to 69 years (70.1%) and 60 to 64 years (56.8%) had received a COVID-19 vaccine in the last three months. This proportion declines with age, down to 3.1% for those aged 18 to 19 years. This reflects older age groups being eligible for the spring and autumn boosters in 2022.

For younger age groups, the majority of people were last vaccinated for COVID-19 at least six months ago. In those aged 20 to 24 years, 67.1% were last vaccinated at least six months ago, compared with 14.1% of those aged 80 years and over.

Children aged 5 to 11 years are most likely to be unvaccinated (88.8%) and adults aged 75 years and over are least likely to be unvaccinated (3.2%). Vaccinations for those aged 5 to 11 years who are not in a clinical risk group are optional, whereas they were recommended for other groups.

This chart uses data from the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS), which shows the number of people vaccinated as a proportion of the living resident population of England.

Read more about this in the UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports.

Last updated: 28/11/2022

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In the UK by the end of August 2022, of those aged 12 years and over:

• 93.6% had received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine

• 88.2% had received a second dose

• 70.2% had received three or more doses

This chart uses the vaccination uptake data from the GOV.UK Dashboard, which shows the number of vaccinations given to people of all ages as a proportion of the population aged 12 years and over.

First and second dose rates overestimate uptake. They include vaccinations given to children aged between 5 and 11 years but are shown as a proportion of the population aged 12 years and over.

Rates for three or more doses underestimate uptake. Not everyone aged 12 years and over is able to receive three or more doses. Only a small proportion of people aged under 16 years who are at a greater risk from COVID-19 can receive three or more doses. However, the figures provide a reasonable estimate of the proportion of those who can get a COVID-19 vaccine that have been vaccinated.

Last updated: 05/10/2022

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Parental vaccination status had the biggest impact on vaccine uptake in pupils. Among those aged 12 to 15 years, pupils living in a household where at least one parent has received three or more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, were the most likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine (81.6% received at least one dose and 63.0% at least two).

This compares with 30.5% and 12.4% respectively for pupils where at least one parent has received two doses (but no parent has received three). For pupils living in a household where no parents have been vaccinated, 5.3% had received at least one dose and 2.1% at least two doses.

Last updated: 23/09/2022

Read more about this in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination uptake in school pupils, England: up to July 2022 bulletin

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The proportion of people aged 18 years and over who were unvaccinated in July 2022 was highest for those identifying as Black Caribbean (39.1%), followed by those identifying as White Other (25.2%) and Black African (24.8%). The lowest proportions of unvaccinated adults were in the White British (8.6%) and Indian (9.2%) ethnic groups.

This is also reflected in rates for people aged 18 years and over receiving two or three COVID-19 vaccinations, where the lowest proportions were for those identifying as Black Caribbean (57.4% have received two vaccinations and 39.2% have received three vaccinations). Those identifying as White British had the highest proportions receiving two vaccinations (89.5%) and three vaccinations (77.6%).

The proportion of adults who were unvaccinated was also higher for those:

• living in more deprived areas, urban areas, or social rented housing
• who were not born in the UK or did not have English as a main language
• who have never worked or are long-term unemployed
• who are limited a lot by a disability
• who identify as Muslim or as having an "Other Religion"
• who were male

Last updated: 12/09/2022

Find out more in our Coronavirus and vaccination rates in people aged 18 years and over by socio-demographic characteristic and region, England dataset

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