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There were 640 deaths involving COVID-19 of people who were fully vaccinated between 2 Jan and 2 July 2021.

This includes people who had been infected before they were vaccinated ow.ly/Ox4P50G8GVh

Age-standardised mortality rates for deaths involving #COVID19 are consistently lower for people who have received two vaccinations ow.ly/AuKO50G8GYz

A ‘breakthrough death’ is a death involving #COVID19 that occurred in someone who'd received both vaccines, and had a first positive PCR test at least 14 days after the second vaccination dose.

There were 256 breakthrough deaths between 2 Jan and 2 July ow.ly/nrQO50G8H05

Males accounted for 61.1% of breakthrough deaths.
This proportion is higher than

▪️ other #COVID19 deaths (52.2%)
▪️ non-COVID-19 deaths (48.5%)

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The average age of breakthrough deaths was 84, compared with 82 for other #COVID19 deaths and for non-COVID-19 deaths ow.ly/9Z0q50G8H4r

13.1% of breakthrough deaths occurred in people who were identified as likely to have weakened immune systems, compared with 5.4% for other #COVID19 deaths ow.ly/sxnf50G8H5E