An official health watchdog in Brighton and Hove says vaccination rates in the city are markedly lower than in the rest of the country.
According to Brighton and Hove Healthwatch, three-quarters of adults in the city have received a first anti-coronavirus inoculation, but that's well behind the national figure of around nine in ten.
The group also said on Thursday (August 12) that rates are even lower for people aged 25 to 34, totalling just three in five from that age range.
Leading members commented:
"We've got some catching up to do".
"If you, or anyone you know, hasn’t started to get vaccinated yet, please don’t put it off any longer.
"Rates of Covid-19 infection in our city went up again this week and they remain much too high for comfort.
"Added to that, we still have high numbers of unvaccinated adults in our community."
In the seven days up to 6 August (based on data published on 11 August) Healthwatch said there were 1375 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Brighton & Hove – higher than last week’s figure of 1135.
Rates of Covid-19 infection are considered "very high" in all age groups, especially in young people.
The number of people with COVID-19 from the city in hospital has also increased — but it is much lower than when case numbers were very high around the new year.
Medics stated that this shows that the vaccination programme is working.
Further walk-in vaccinations are available in the coming weeks in Sussex, including for people aged 16 or 17 soon.
After carefully considering the latest data, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) have advised that healthy 16 to 17 year olds are to be offered a first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Advice on when to offer the second vaccine dose will come later.
Healthwatch members stated the increase in Covid's circulation, as a result of people mixing more frequently, means extra protection had become even more essential than in earlier weeks.
Walk in services are available, with no appointment at all required.
Second jabs are also available at some of the walk-ins, if it has been at least eight weeks since the first dose.
Medics said that, for the time being, a second dose must be of the same type of vaccine as the first.
They added that walk-in sessions offering AstraZeneca's vaccine are for people aged 40 and over.
A free telephone booking number is also available: 0300 303 8060.
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