In several parts of Kent, more than nine in 10 adults have now had at least one dose of the Covid vaccine.

But there are two neighbourhoods in the county where 40% have still not had a jab.

The government's interactive vaccination map shows that Blean Forest, Chartham Hatch & University, in Canterbury, and Boughton & Selling, in Swale, have had the lowest uptake in Kent.

In the Canterbury neighbourhood, where many students are based, 58.1% of adults have had a first dose.

Just 36.8% are fully vaccinated - whereas in neighbouring Chestfield & South Tankerton this figure is as high as 84%.

Meanwhile in Boughton & Selling, which borders Faversham, 58.7% of adults have had a first dose and 51% have had two jabs.

The other parts of Kent with the lowest Covid vaccine uptake are:

• Gravesend Town (60.3% have had first dose)
• Luton (62.0%)
• Chatham Central and Rochester Riverside (62.5%)
• Cliftonville West (62.9%)
• South Canterbury (63.5%)
• Canterbury Barracks (64.2%)
• Gillingham North (64.9%)
• Gillingham Central (65.6%)
• Chatham South East (67.4%)
• Canterbury Central & Westgate (68.3%)
• Folkestone Harbour (68.3%)
• Northfleet North (68.5%)
• Ringlestone & Central Maidstone (68.8%)
• Canterbury Wincheap (69.5%)

Meanwhile, cases continue to fall across the county - down 21% in Kent and down 8.4% in Medway, according to latest figures up to August 2.

Seven people with the virus have died in Kent and Medway over the past week.

Earlier today, Professor John Edmunds, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said he was “cautiously optimistic” that another lockdown would not be needed to bring cases under control again.

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