Hawaii Says 93% Of Those Who Died Of Covid Through September Weren’t Vaccinated … Newly released data on breakthrough hospitalizations and deaths shows they’re especially rare for people younger than 60.
Only 36 of the 483 people who died of Covid-19 in the first nine months of this year in Hawaii were vaccinated, according to data released Friday as health officials stressed the role of vaccines in preventing coronavirus-related hospitalizations and deaths.
The timespan includes the surge of the delta variant, which led to record-breaking numbers of Covid-19 deaths and overwhelmed hospitals in the islands.
State health officials repeatedly have touted the benefits of vaccines in preventing people from getting critically ill or being killed by the respiratory virus, but Friday was the first time that Hawaii released detailed data about breakthrough hospitalizations and deaths.
