Covid vaccines have prevented more than 13,000 deaths, new data suggests
Matt Hancock told a Downing Street briefing on Thursday that the new figures showed the case for vaccination had never been stronger.
Coronavirus vaccines have so far prevented nearly 40,000 hospital admissions and saved more than 13,000 older people’s lives in England, new data suggests.
Figures from Public Health England (PHE) reveal that, up to May 13, vaccines stopped an estimated 39,700 people in England aged 65 and over from needing hospital treatment – and saved 13,200 lives among those aged 60 and over.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock told a Downing Street briefing on Thursday that the new figures showed the case for vaccination had never been stronger.
He added: “They [PHE] have estimated that over the last week the vaccination programme has prevented a further 200 deaths and prevented a further 600 people from going into hospital.
