As the outbreak progresses, we are continuing to see a larger proportion of unvaccinated cases in hospital with COVID-19. Just 3% of eligible people aged 12 and over in New Zealand have had no doses of the vaccine.
However, of those aged over 12 in Northland and Auckland hospitals with COVID-19 for whom we have vaccination data recorded, 19.4% have had no doses of the vaccine.
Even early in the Omicron outbreak, the figures show that, based on the data available, unvaccinated people are significantly over-represented in the current hospitalisation data.
The numbers send a clear message: getting vaccinated will help to keep you out of hospital if you catch COVID-19 and could save your life.