COVID Breakthrough: About 99.999% of fully vaccinated Americans have not had a fatal breakthrough, CDC data shows

According to the latest data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 99.99% of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have not had a breakthrough case that resulted in hospitalization or death.

The data highlights what leading health experts across the country have been pointing out for months: Covid-19 vaccines are very effective in preventing serious illness and death from Covid-19 and are the best way to prevent it. countries to slow the pandemic and avoid further suffering.

The CDC reported 6,587 breakthrough cases of Covid-19 as of July 26, including 6,239 hospitalizations and 1,263 deaths. At that time, more than 163 million people in the United States were fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Divide these severe breakthrough cases by the total fully vaccinated population to get the result: less than 0.004% of fully vaccinated people had a breakthrough case that led to hospitalization and less than 0.001% of fully vaccinated people died from a revolutionary case of Covid-19.

Most cases of breakthrough – about 74% – have occurred in adults 65 years of age or older.

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Since May, the CDC has focused on investigating only hospitalized or fatal Covid-19 cases among people who have been fully vaccinated. The agency says the data is based on “passive and voluntary reporting” and is a “snapshot” to “help identify patterns and look for signals among vaccine breakthrough cases.”

“To date, no unexpected patterns have been identified in case demographics or vaccine characteristics in people who have reported vaccine-disrupting infections,” according to the CDC.

The agency shared a study this week that showed the Delta variant produced similar amounts of the virus in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people if they were infected. Experts continue to say that vaccination makes it less likely that you will catch Covid-19 in the first place. But for those who do, the results suggest they might have a similar tendency to spread it as unvaccinated people.

The study also convinced CDC leaders to update the agency’s mask guidelines on Tuesday, recommending that fully vaccinated people also wear masks indoors when in areas of “substantial transmission.” And “high” of Covid-19 to prevent further spread of the Delta variant. The guidelines for unvaccinated people remain to continue to mask themselves until they are fully vaccinated.

The pace of vaccinations is accelerating

But experts say those vaccinated, although they can transmit the virus, remain very well protected against serious illness. Amid the latest wave of nationwide Covid-19 cases fueled by the Delta variant, local U.S. leaders are reporting that the majority of new infections and hospitalizations are in unvaccinated people.

The Delta variant is now so contagious that a former health official recently warned that people who are unprotected – whether through vaccination or a previous infection – will likely get it.

Amid concerns over the increase in cases and the dangerous strain, the country has seen a steady increase in the pace of vaccinations over the past three weeks – and an even larger increase in states that were most behind schedule, according to CNN analysis of CDC Data.

The seven-day average of new doses administered in the United States is now 652,084, up 26% from three weeks ago.

The difference is even more striking in several southern states: The seven-day average of new doses given in Alabama is more than double what it was three weeks ago. The state has the lowest rate of its total fully immunized population in the United States, at around 34%.

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Arkansas, with just 36% of its population fully vaccinated, has also seen its average daily rate of doses administered double in the past three weeks.

Louisiana, which had by far the most new cases of Covid-19 per capita last week and only fully vaccinated 37% of its population, has seen daily vaccination rates rise 111% from a year ago at three weeks.

Meanwhile, Missouri, which was among the hardest-hit states in the latest wave of Covid-19, now has an 87% higher daily average of new vaccinations than three weeks ago.

About 57.5% of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and about 49.5% are fully vaccinated, according to CDC data.

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