During the summer months of June, July and August, a total of 71 residents were treated for covid-19 at the county's three hospitals.
the majority of these were unvaccinated.
- I'm not surprised.
We know that the vaccine protects very well.
You who are vaccinated can start living as usual from 1 October when most restrictions disappear.
You who are unvaccinated still risk getting covid -19 and spreading it to others, says infection control doctor Malin Bengnér in a press release.
10 percent double-vaccinated
However, 7 of the 71 people who received hospital care had received two vaccine doses two weeks before they were admitted, the Region writes in a press release.
- No vaccine has 100% protection.
We still see that the vaccine against covid -19 has a very good protection and since we have increased the vaccination coverage in the population, the number of admissions has decreased dramatically.
Several people have also mainly been hospitalized for a completely different disease, but at the same time had a positive covid test, says Malin Bengné.
By week 35, 83 percent of the county's residents over the age of 18 had received at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine.