The Covid vaccine programme has prevented 10,400 deaths in the over 60s in England over the past four months, new analysis suggests.
From the first jab on 8 December last year up to the end of March, more than 15 million jabs have been given to adults in this age group, Public Health England (PHE) said.
According to its estimates, 9,100 deaths were prevented during that time in those aged 80 and over, 1,200 were avoided in those aged 70 to 79, and 100 lives were saved in those aged 60 to 69.
The figures were estimated using real-world data on how effective the vaccines are at preventing death and vaccine uptake.
PHE said there was now increasing evidence that vaccines helped to reduce transmission, therefore it was likely that an even higher number of deaths would have been avoided by the vaccine programme.
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