AUSTIN (KXAN) — Roughly 80% of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in the Austin-metro area in the past two weeks were unvaccinated, new numbers from Austin Public Health show.
Fully vaccinated patients comprised only 16.55%, or 47 total patients, while partially vaccinated people accounted for 2.46%, or seven total patients, APH reports.
The age groups of hospitalized patients for the two-week time period breaks down to about 46.30% of patients who are age 70 and older, 37.04% of patients ages 50-69, and 16.67% ages 30-49.
Racially, 306 Non-Hispanic patients and 157 Hispanic patients were hospitalized.
As of August 3, there are 2,759 active COVID-19 cases and 408 total people hospitalized in Travis County, according to the Travis County COVID-19 dashboard.
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