More than half of those who died of Covid since April were not vaccinated

A new report shows 53% of the 271 Covid-19 deaths between April 1 and September 18 occurred in unvaccinated people.

A further 17 people died from Covid-19 during the past week, bringing the total of virus-related deaths since March last year to 5,249, new data shows. 

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre also published a separate report which shows that 53% of the 271 Covid-19 deaths between April 1 and September 18 occurred in unvaccinated people, even though the percentage of the population who have not been vaccinated has fallen dramatically in that time.