'70% of Covid patients unvaccinated' - Chief Minister

Thursday, 5 August 2021 16:31

By Leanne Cooke @leannelily18

70 per cent those in Noble's Hospital with Covid-19 yesterday had not been vaccinated.

So says Chief Minister Howard Quayle, who addressed the rise in hospital admissions in today's Coronavirus press briefing.

According to the latest statistics - there are currently 13 people in Noble's Hospital who have the virus.

Howard Quayle confirmed as of yesterday (August 4) of the 16 people in hospital - 10 were aged under 80.

Seven of these people were unvaccinated.

Yesterday's dashboard update showed there were 18 people in hospital.

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