A new way to persuade people to get vaccinated: Lithuania to announce how many people and deaths from COVID-19 have not been vaccinated

The Statistics Department has been preparing to change the way it publishes statistics on daily COVID-19 infections and deaths starting in August. It is planned to reveal how many infected and dead people were vaccinated.

Soon we will announce the effectiveness of the vaccines, that is, how much 100%. the protection of various vaccines gives against infection, hospitalization, death. This partly answers the question: what is the probability of getting sick, dying from this disease or something like that? after vaccination.

At present, our data analysts are working intensively with this data, ”wrote Eglė Vankevičė, representative of the Lithuanian Department of Statistics, in response to tv3.lt.

When asked to clarify what is meant by “soon”, E. Vankevičė assured that the new statistics are expected to start as early as August, and data analysts are currently preparing.

So far, the number of infections and deaths during the last day, as well as the vaccination rates, have been published in Lithuania, but not all these indicators have been combined.

Most of the dead are not vaccinated.

Here, the US reports that almost everyone who has recently died from COVID-19 has not been vaccinated. And overall, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the country has dropped dramatically, from a record 5.5 thousand. the number of deaths in February to just over 600 on July 19.

An analysis of the May data by the Associated Press shows that of 107,000 1,2 thousand patients with COVID-19 in hospitals in the United States. they were vaccinated against the virus with both doses of the vaccine. This is 1.1 percent. in patients who opened the hospital because of the virus.

In addition, 18 thousand. deaths from COVID-19 in the US, approximately 150 people were vaccinated with both doses of the vaccine. This means 0.8 percent. the dead were vaccinated.

July 18 reported approximately 49.1 percent. The U.S. population is vaccinated with both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 56.7 percent received at least one.

A similar situation has emerged in England, with most delta strains of COVID-19 unvaccinated, according to a new study from Public Health England. As of February 1. until June 22. In England, 92,029 people were infected with the delta strain COVID-19. 58 percent of them were completely unvaccinated, 8 percent. – after receiving both vaccines.

At that time, of the 117 people who died from the delta variety during that time, 43 percent. had received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. England estimates that vaccines have already saved 27,000. the life of its inhabitants.

The portal tv3.lt has already reviewed why even after receiving both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, people die from coronavirus.

4.4 thousand were vaccinated with the first dose per day. Lithuanian population

A total of 10,722 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus the day before: 4,481 received the first dose of the vaccine and 6,241 received the second, the Department of Statistics reported Tuesday.

In the country, 1,309,549 people (46.9% of the population) have been vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one dose of the vaccine, both with 1,112,266.

At least one dose of the vaccine was 54.8%. of the population over 80 years old, 69.4 percent. – population between 75 and 79 years old, 71.9%. – 70-74 years and 70.7% – population 65 to 69 years.

In the age group 55 to 64 years, 60.2% of vaccinated people, in the group 45 to 54 years – 54.1%, in the group 35 to 44 years – 52.6%, in the 25 to 34 age group – 45.5%. the age group 16-24 years: 43.6 percent. population. 11.3 percent of children ages 12 to 15 were vaccinated.

In total, Lithuania has received 3 million. 338,755 doses of vaccine, of which 2 million were used. 421 thousand 815 doses. Currently unused more than 916 thousand. vaccine dose.