60% of people being admitted to UK hospitals are unvaccinated–adviser

 Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance attends a virtual news conference to announce changes to lockdown rules in England at Downing Street, in London, Britain May 10, 2021. REUTERS FILE PHOTO:

LONDON — Britain’s Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, correcting an earlier statement he made on Monday.

Vallance earlier said at a news conference with Prime Minister Boris Johnson that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with COVID-19 have had two doses of vaccine.

Correcting a statistic I gave at the press conference today, 19 July. About 60% of hospitalisations from covid are not from double vaccinated people, rather 60% of hospitalisations from covid are currently from unvaccinated people.

— Professor Dame Angela McLean (@uksciencechief) July 19, 2021

“Correcting a statistic I gave at the press conference,” Vallance said on Twitter. “About 60% of hospitalizations from COVID are not from double vaccinated people, rather 60% of hospitalizations from COVID are currently from unvaccinated people.”