Unvaccinated people are 16 times more likely to die from coronavirus, according to an Australian state

The Australian state of New South Wales said in a report that unvaccinated people are 16 times more likely to end up in intensive care units or die from coronavirus than their vaccinated peers.

This comes as the authorities are urging the population to receive the vaccination as Australia begins to live with the Corona virus.

Data released by the NSW Department of Health late Monday showed that only 11 percent of the 412 who died from the delta outbreak over the four months to early October had been fully vaccinated.

The average age of those who died was 82 years.

Only about 3 percent of those admitted to intensive care units received two doses, while more than 63 percent of the 61,800 cases recorded between June 16 and October 7 did not get the vaccine.

“Young people who received two doses of the vaccine experienced lower infection rates and did not develop almost any serious illness, while those who did not receive the vaccine in this age group were more likely to contract Covid 19 and in need,” New South Wales Health Officer Kerry Chant said in a statement. to enter the hospital.

The report's findings are consistent with data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which said in September that unvaccinated individuals are 11 times more likely to die of Covid-19 than those who have been fully vaccinated.

Australia had remained largely free of the virus this year until the outbreak of the Delta strain, the fastest spreading, in June, which led to a months-long closure in Sydney and Melbourne, its largest cities, and Canberra, the country's capital.

Cities where the virus has spread have eased strict restrictions after exceeding the target vaccination volume by 70 and 80 percent.

It appears that the distribution of vaccines in the state of New South Wales, in which Sydney is located, has stabilized after the coverage rate of the first dose reached nearly 94% of the population over the age of 16.

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