The average age at diagnosis of Covid-19 slightly increases while that of those who do not overcome the disease decreases. This is the picture that emerges from the weekly monitoring conducted by the Higher Institute of Health. The average number of people who have contracted the virus is 34 years (last week it was 32) and that at the first hospitalization drops very slightly, 57 years this week compared to 58 last week. The average age at entry into intensive care is 61 years old (last week it was 62.5 years) while as regards the age at death it dropped to 79 years (last week it was 82 years).
60-79 years old protected 97% from intensive and deaths
95% efficacy for hospitalizations (compared to unvaccinated), 97.1% for intensive care (compared to unvaccinated) and 97.4% efficacy for deaths (compared to unvaccinated) in the age group 60- 79 years old. The ISS recalls that the effectiveness of the vaccine measures the proportional reduction of the risk of observing a certain event among vaccinated people, that is, it is equivalent to the percentage reduction of the risk of observing a certain event among vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated people.
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Vaccinated on the rise among the youngest
Vaccinations started running among the youngest, who came later in the immunizations in order of priority. In particular, single dose administrations for the 12-15 group exceeded 40% of the vaccinable audience, while the 16-19 group exceeded the 67% threshold. From the data communicated by the emergency commissioner, increases can also be seen for the other age groups: the 50-59 age group is about 80% in terms of first administrations / single dose, while the 60-69 age group has exceeded the 85%. The percentages of the 70-79 and over 80 groups are also consolidated, at 90.19 and 94.06% respectively, again with reference to first administrations / single dose.