In Alberta, active cases and ICU hospitalizations have quadrupled
According to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), only 63 per cent of Canadians aged 18 to 29 are fully vaccinated and those aged 30 to 39 are only slightly better off, with a vaccination rate of 68 per cent. The data show that the older age groups all have much higher vaccination rates.
Canadians aged 40 to 49 are 76 per cent fully vaccinated, those 50 to 59 are at 80 per cent, those aged 60 to 69 are 88 per cent vaccinated, those 70 to 79 are 94 per cent vaccinated and those over age 80 are 92 per cent vaccinated.
Tam said Canadians aged 12 to 17 are only 67 per cent vaccinated but added she was not worried about that low number because the number of vaccinations in that age group is increasing rapidly.
PHAC says that the number of new cases is increasing among the unvaccinated at a rate 12 times higher than the rate for the fully vaccinated, and that the rate of hospitalization is 36 times higher for people who are unvaccinated compared to the fully vaccinated.