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1 in 5 people admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are vaccinated - HSE

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The Chief Operations Officer with the Health Service Executive has said about 1 in 5 people being admitted to hospital who are Covid positive are vaccinated.

However, Anne O'Connor told RTÉ's News at One that these patients’ outcomes are better. She said "in the general population, in terms of people testing positive, who are vaccinated, that number is rising from 7% on Sunday to 10% yesterday.

Within our hospital services, in terms of admitted patients, it's about 1 in 5, in terms of people who are admitted with Covid who are vaccinated".

However, she said "the vaccine has transformed the disease progression, so even for people who are admitted to hospital, who are vaccinated, their outcomes are better, so they're not becoming as sick, so

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