Claim: Sir Patrick Vallance said 60% of people currently in hospital with Covid-19 were double vaccinated.
Fact-check: Double vaccinated people do not make up 60% of Covid-19 hospitalisations - Full Fact
Verdict: it is correct that he said this during a government briefing, but later corrected his remarks on twitter. he meant to say 60% of hospitalisations from covid-19 are currently from unvaccinated people.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross
Date published: 2021-07-21T00:00:00