Among the over 80s, the death rate is 13 times higher than in the unvaccinated.
The effectiveness of complete anti-Covid vaccination is confirmed to be very high. In preventing infection it is equal to 77.2%; in preventing hospitalization it is 92.6% and in preventing intensive care and deaths it is 94.9%. The figure emerges from the extended surveillance report of the Higher Institute of Health, which completes the weekly monitoring. Analyzing the number of intensive hospitalizations and deaths in the over 80s, it is observed that in the last 30 days the intensive hospitalization rate of full cycle vaccinated people is 11 times lower than those not vaccinated and the death rate is 13 times higher. high in unvaccinated.
Meanwhile, on the same day, the news arrives that the deaths related to Covid in the world have exceeded five million. This is indicated by a Reuters count on Saturday 2 October, underlining that the Delta variant is particularly affecting those who are not vaccinated. The same variant highlighted the disparities in the vaccination rate between rich and poor countries, and the consequences of skepticism towards vaccines in some Western countries: more than half of the deaths of the weekly average are recorded in the USA, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and India. It took a year to reach 2.5 million victims of Covid, to reach 5 it took eight months, the agency recalls.
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