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Sir Patrick Vallance tweeted to clarify 60 per cent of hospital admissions are among unvaccinated people, rather than vaccinated
Over half of people in the UK being admitted to hospital with the coronavirus are unvaccinated, the Government's chief scientific adviser has clarified.
Sir Patrick Vallance originally said 60 per cent of hospital admissions were people who received both jabs, when speaking at a No10 press conference last night.
But he later tweeted to say the statistic was false, with the number actually applying to unvaccinated people.
This means double jabbed people going to hospital makes up just 4 in 10 of all hospitalisations, despite making up 87.9 per cent of the UK adult population.
But Sir Vallance warned that cases among vaccinated people will rise, as it is not 100 per cent effective.
It comes as the number of people requiring NHS treatment for
