Beneficiaries take the booster vaccine dose at the Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar on Monday. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
A cross-sectional study conducted by the State Health Department involving 8,266 Covid-19 infected patients during the peak of the third wave has shown that the fatality rate amongst those who were vaccinated stood at 0.66 per cent while the fatality rate amongst the unvaccinated was over three times higher, at 2.1 per cent. The study also states that although the breakthrough infection rate among vaccinated beneficiaries was high, the severity of infection was lower than the unvaccinated individuals.
Out of 8,266 Covid-19 infected patients surveyed for the study across 36 districts, 943 were partially vaccinated, 4,359 had taken both the doses while the remaining 2,964 were unvaccinated. The study revealed that 35 patients who were inoculated with either of the two available vaccines succumbed to the infection with a fatality rate of 0.66 per cent. On the other hand, the fatality rate was 2.1 per cent among unvaccinated patients with 63 deaths recorded during the survey which concluded on January 15.