Covid: 54% of hospital patients with virus are fully vaccinated
Rising proportion of vaccinated people in hospital reflects greater numbers in population getting vaccines
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/c...nated-1.4670229
Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 07:02 Updated: Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 07:29
Paul Cullen Health Editor

 

About half of all Covid-19 patients in hospital and in intensive care are fully vaccinated against the disease, new figures show.

One-sixth of deaths of people with the virus since April have been categorised as breakthrough infections of fully vaccinated patients, according to Health Service Executive data.

More than one-quarter of ICU admissions since July were also breakthrough infections of fully vaccinated people.

The proportion of vaccinated people requiring treatment in hospital has been increasing over recent months, as the number of vaccinated people in the wider population has risen.

Vaccination has drastically reduced the overall number of infections and reduced the severity of infections where they occur. However, the number of breakthrough infections has increased as the population of vaccinated people has grown.-- excerpt, rest at link above --