Vaccines have reduced tidal waves of coronavirus deaths to a ripple even as cases have surged, analysis reveals. Covid hospital patients are typically younger, less sick and being discharged faster than in previous waves, as the elderly reap the benefits of getting their jabs sooner. Then we have people in their 40s and 50s rather than the very old people we saw in previous waves. While the outlook is very different from previous waves, medical experts warn hospitals could yet be overwhelmed – with a 'horrendously busy' few months feared. But deaths remain extremely low compared to previous waves, with 64 recorded yesterday.

Source: Daily Mail July 23, 2021 21:00 UTC