How much risk the unvaccinated. ISS report on hospitalizations and deaths
Here are the age groups in which cases are increasing and how much unvaccinated people are at risk according to data from the Higher Institute of Health (ISS)
The Higher Institute of Health (ISS) reports a net increase in the weekly incidence at the national level: 266 cases per 100,000 inhabitants compared to 195 in the previous week. In the last 24 hours in Italy 126,888 new cases have been registered (Wednesday they were 98,020), with a positivity rate of 11.03% (Wednesday 9.5%).
The incidence is increasing in all age groups, particularly in the population under 50. In fact, the median age of the subjects who contracted the infection from 40 to 39 years decreases compared to last week.
Here, therefore, are the most relevant data that emerge from the latest ISS report .
ADMISSIONS AMONG NON VACCINATES INCREASE
In the last 30 days, says the ISS, in Italy there has been a higher incidence of cases in the unvaccinated population.
Comparing the data from last week 's report with the latter, it can be observed that among the unvaccinated, the new cases went from 114,674 to 140,677; hospitalizations from 5,081 to 5,944, hospitalizations in intensive care from 747 to 887 and deaths from 722 to 839.
WHO IS LESS VACCINATED
As of December 24, the Italians aged 12 and over who did not even get a dose of the vaccine were 5.673 million. The unvaccinated are concentrated in the 40-49 and 50-59 age groups but, proportionally, there are many more among adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 (854.716, ie 18.47%).
HOW MUCH UNVACCINATED ARE RISK
According to the relative risk calculated by the ISS, the chances of being hospitalized for unvaccinated people range from 5.8 to 12.6 times that of vaccinated people, those of being hospitalized in intensive care from 11.8 to 20.6 and those of die 7.5 to 14.6.
THE LITTLE ONES WORRY
In the school age population, the incidence remains high, especially in the 6-11 age group, where approximately 50% of diagnosed cases are observed in the 0-19 population. In addition to increasing infections among those of school age, experts are sounding the alarm regarding newborns.
"The little ones need to be protected because Covid-19 is becoming a pediatric disease," Andrea Campana, head of the Covid Center of the Bambino Gesù hospital in Palidoro (Rome), told Sole24Ore . his center, stressed that "half are children under three months".
CASES INCREASE AMONG UNDER 18
The confirmation that those who are not covered by immunization (like most of the under 18s) are more at risk also comes from the Italian Federation of Health and Hospital Companies (Fiaso), according to which in the week from 21 to 28 December Covid patients under 18 years they increased by 46% and the number of children hospitalized went from 45 to 66 (3 of which in intensive care).
“Among the young patients – reads the Fiaso report – 56% is between 0 and 4 years old, while the remaining part of 44% is between 5 and 18 years old. None of the minors over the age of 5 had been vaccinated with a full course ".
DRASTIC DECREASE IN VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS
After 150 days from the completion of the vaccination cycle, the ISS states that "the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing the disease, both in the symptomatic and asymptomatic form, drops from 71.5% to 30.1%".
However, vaccination efficacy in preventing cases of severe disease remains high: in vaccinated with a complete course for less than 5 months it is 92.7%, while it decreases to 82.2% in vaccinated persons who have completed the vaccination course from over 150 days.
… SO BOOSTER
The efficacy in preventing diagnosis and cases of severe disease rises to 71.0% and 94.0% respectively in subjects vaccinated with the booster dose. For this reason, the circular issued today by the Ministry of Health also reaffirms the importance of the reminder.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/quanto-rischiano-i-non-vaccinati-report-iss-su-ricoveri-e-decessi/ on Sat, 01 Jan 2022 08:02:19 +0000.