KUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – The death rate of unvaccinated Covid-19 patients is significantly higher than that of those who have completed their vaccinations and boosters.
According to death data per 100,000 population by vaccination status from January 1 to February 19 shared by Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin on Twitter, the death rate for unvaccinated patients aged 40-49 was 92.09 .
The rate is much higher compared to the mortality rate of 3.08 for patients who completed their vaccinations and 3.18 for those who took their boosters for the same
age category.
For patients aged 80 and over, the death rate was 167.06 in unvaccinated patients compared to 119.34 for those who completed their vaccinations and 42.00 for those who received boosters.
Meanwhile, the death rate for unvaccinated patients aged 18 to 29 was 8.14 compared to 0.98 for patients who completed their vaccinations and zero for those who received boosters.
For people aged 30 to 39, the death rate was 14.00 per 100,000 people for unvaccinated patients, compared to 1.90 for those who completed their vaccinations and 4.18 for those who received vaccinations. reminders.
In the 50-59 year old category, the death rate was 49.46 for unvaccinated patients, 6.62 (completed vaccinations) and 4.41 (booster shots) while for 60-69 year olds, the mortality rate was 116.20 (unvaccinated patients), 14.58 (completed vaccinations) and 5.60 (booster injections).
Finally, for the 0 to 79 years category, the mortality rate was 74.97 (unvaccinated patients), 44.29 (completed vaccinations) and 8.16 for boosters.