New study finds unvaccinated people 11 times more likely to die from Covid, CDC says

Unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely than vaccinated people to die from Covid-19, a large study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found.

The study looked at Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in 13 states “and found further evidence of the power of vaccination,” CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky said on Friday during a briefing.

More than 600,000 cases of Covid from April to mid-July have been analyzed and linked to vaccination status.

Those who were not vaccinated were about 4.5 times more likely to contract the virus, more than 10 times more likely to be hospitalized with the virus, and 11 times more likely to die from the disease.

A previous CDC study Based on data from just 43,127 cases of Covid in Los Angeles County between May and July, it was found that unvaccinated people were five times more likely to contract Covid and 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with the virus.

About 54% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.

“Vaccination works,” Walensky said. “We have the scientific tools we need to overcome this pandemic. “

The study will be published on Friday in the next Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

President Joe biden Thursday unveiled broad plan to increase vaccination rates against Covid-19 in the United States, lobbying private employers to immunize their workforce and prescribing the injections for federal employees, contractors and healthcare workers.