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Fiaso sentinel hospitals, unvaccinated hospitalized + 46%

2021-12-29T11:21:33.736Z


From 7 December to 28 December the number of hospitalized unvaccinated Covid patients increased by 46%, while the increase in vaccinated stopped at 19%. (HANDLE)


From 7 December to 28 December the number of hospitalized unvaccinated Covid patients increased by 46%, while the increase in vaccinated stopped at 19%. The growth rate of hospitalizations in Covid wards is 13.7%, with an acceleration compared to last week when the increase was 7%. The overall increase was 33%. Unvaccinated are 71% of the total number of patients in intensive care, against 29% vaccinated. For the unvaccinated they range from 21 to 85 years, for the vaccinated the youngest is 35 and the oldest 90. It emerges from the report of the sentinel hospitals of Fiaso. 

In one week, the growth in intensive wards in Fiaso sentinel hospitals was 18%, more consistent than that recorded in ordinary hospitalizations. The increase of unvaccinated in resuscitation compared to vaccinated is decidedly greater (21.6% versus 10%). Of those vaccinated in resuscitation, 84% had completed the vaccination course with 2 doses for more than 4 months and had not yet performed the recommended booster dose. In the ordinary wards the presence of unvaccinated patients is 54%. The age difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated remains: the former are on average 70 years old, the latter 63 years old. The state of health between the two categories is also different: 71% of hospitalized vaccinated people suffer from serious diseases, while less than half of unvaccinated patients (47%) are affected by other diseases. Fiaso explains that "probably,in part, it is the holiday effect that affects the greater number of hospitalizations for Covid, but what the numbers allow us to observe is more and more an epidemic of the unvaccinated "." At this stage we need to look less at the number of positive swabs and of infections and focus attention on the hospitals that really give the pace of the epidemic, - comments the president Fiaso, Giovanni Migliore - we are witnessing an increase in hospitalizations but far lower than the numbers of a year ago ". Migliore indicates that in any case, in line with the requirements of the Ministry of Health, the health authorities and hospitals have prepared plans for the activation of beds based on the progress of hospitalizations. "The numbers give us the picture of a pandemic that affects and runs above all among the unvaccinated and that among those who do not have vaccine protection determines the most serious consequences ", he underlines," the higher vaccination coverage reduces both the frequency of hospitalization and access to intensive care. This is why we must continue with the vaccination campaign and accelerate the administration of third doses which represent an important shield against Covid disease ".This is why we must continue with the vaccination campaign and accelerate the administration of third doses which represent an important shield against Covid disease ".This is why we must continue with the vaccination campaign and accelerate the administration of third doses which represent an important shield against Covid disease ".


Source: ansa

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