Confounding Covid: Higher positivity rate in higher-vaccination districts

Data from 42 most affected districts by positivity rate show that these on average have higher vaccinated population than the rest of the country

Logic dictates that higher vaccination should translate into fewer cases and better protection against Covid-19. But a Business Standard analysis shows that the converse is true. Data from 42 districts with more than 10 per cent positivity rate (August 18-24) reveal that these districts have fared better than the rest of the country in vaccinating their population.

The 42 districts, which include all 14 districts of Kerala and a majority of districts from the Northeast, have administered at least one vaccine dose to 46.2 per cent of their population. And 15.2 per cent of the eligible people in these districts