MORE than half of people have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, figures reveal.

NHS data shows 61,945 people had received both jabs by June 20 – 54 per cent of those aged 16 and over, based on the latest population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.

Of those to have received both jabs, 59,585 were aged 25 and over – 61 per cent of the age group.

It means 2,360 people aged between 16 to 25 have received both doses.

Across Blackburn with Darwen, 78 per cent of those aged 16 and over have had one jab.

Areas with the highest coverage are Tockholes, Edgworth and Hoddlesden (90.9%), Beardwood, Pleasington and Livesey, (89.3%), South Darwen and Whitehall (88.6%).

Areas with the lowest coverage are Central Blackburn (66.6%), Audley, (68.1%) and Shadsworth and Intack (69.1%).

Across England, 26.4 million people had received a second dose of the jab by June 20 – 58 per cent of the population aged over 16 and over.

That includes 25.6 million people aged 25 and over – 65 per cent of the age group.

In total, 35.9 million people had received at least one dose of a vaccine by the same date, covering 79 per cent of people over 16.