Less than 50% of Ohioans are fully vaccinated. And numbers from Ohio鈥檚 Department of Health show a staggering difference between serious COVID cases in unvaccinated and vaccinated Ohioans.
The Ohio Department of Health says since January, of the 17,129 Ohioans hospitalized with COVID, only 205 or one percent were vaccinated. 6,812 Ohioans died from COVID during that same period 鈥� and less than one percent (34) were vaccinated. Gov. Mike DeWine says this makes the case for getting COVID vaccines.
鈥淭hese numbers are stunning. We are seeing them across the country. 99% of hospitalizations for COVID are because that person was not, in fact, vaccinated,鈥� DeWine says.
ODH Medical Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff says the new Delta variant is spreading throughout Ohio. He says it鈥檚 not a matter of if unvaccinated Ohioans will get COVID, it is a matter of when they鈥檒l get it. And he points out COVID is far more dangerous than any side-effects from the COVID vaccine.
Numbers at a glance
Since January 1, 2021
17,129 hospitalized with COVID
16,924 of those were unvaccinated
205 of those were vaccinated
Just over 1% of those with COVID were vaccinated. (0.9880319)
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Since January 1, 2021
6846 total deaths due to COVID
6812 unvaccinated deaths
34 vaccinated
Just under 1% of deaths due to COVID were vaccinated (0.0049664)
