MORE than 85 per cent of Barnsley’s residents have had at least one jab of the Covid vaccine.

A total of 188,314 eligible residents - those aged 12 and over - have had their first dose, equivalent to 85.2 per cent.

Almost 180,000 are double jabbed and more than 137,000 have had three doses.

In total, more than 504,000 vaccines have been administered to residents in the town since the start of the rollout.