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Unvaccinated seniors were most likely to die from Covid. While breakthrough deaths were rare, vaccinated people 80 and older had higher death rates than unvaccinated people under 50. nyti.ms/2XUEox7
All three vaccines administered in the U.S. substantially reduced rates of cases and deaths, with some differences.

“The No. 1 take-home message is that these vaccines are still working,” said Dr. David Dowdy of Johns Hopkins University. nyti.ms/2XUEox7
For more information on this recently-released federal data, and all the latest Covid-19 case counts, visit our tracker. ​​nyti.ms/2ZuM0a7

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