Unvaccinated people is the more propense in Canada to be infected and die.
A majority of Canada’s COVID-19 infections and fatalities are now occurring in people who were not vaccinated against the disease, according to newly-released data from the country’s public health agency.
Of those fully vaccinated infections,only 66 of those cases died due to COVID-19, compared to the estimated 13,000 deaths that occurred across the country since the start of the rollout in December.
The vaccine’s effectiveness, even for those who were
partially vaccinated, was evident, according to the data. There was a total of
24,469 partially vaccinated COVID-19 cases, which accounted for 4 per cent of
all infections since the first vaccines started being administered in Canada.
Again, severe outcomes from contracting COVID-19 —
including death — were heavily reduced with just one shot, with 484 or 2 per
cent of those partially vaccinated infections having died due to the virus.
A statement from PHAC sent to Global
News on Friday said that patients with COVID-19 after either receiving one or
two doses were less likely to die than unvaccinated cases that were reported.
“The protective effect was
significant among partially vaccinated cases aged 60+ years and those that
occurred after vaccination with 2 doses over 80 years of age,” read the
statement.
The PHAC data also found that by
June 21, only 0.14 per cent of partially vaccinated people were infected 14
days or more after their first dose, while 0.08 per cent of fully vaccinated
people became were infected seven or more days after their second.
The data comes as Canada continues
to place among the most vaccinated countries in the world, currently averaging
over 460,000 vaccine doses doled out per day according to Covidtracker.ca
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