More than half of Covid patients in ICU were not vaccinated

People aged 65 and over accounted for 50% of all those hospitalised through the whole period of the pandemic. File picture

More than half (54%) of those admitted to ICUs in September and October said they were not vaccinated, new statistics from the Central Statistics Office show. 

Almost 84% of those who contracted Covid in September and October and were admitted to an ICU had an underlying health condition.