Over 25% of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles are fully vaccinated people

About one in four new cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles are among those fully vaccinated, health officials said.

Los Angeles Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said about 26% of cases confirmed between July 1 and July 16 were from people vaccinated against the virus, Fox11 news channel reported.

“As more and more people are vaccinated, the number of fully vaccinated people who become infected will increase and with the Delta variant which is much more infectious, exposures to infections have also increased,” Ferrer said at the meeting. county supervisory board Tuesday.

The disturbing numbers mark an increase from June, when people who were completely bitten accounted for 20% of the county’s infections, the outlet reported.

Ferrer, however, stressed that the cases among those vaccinated are not serious – those who received the vaccine account for less than 0.01% of hospitalizations, the Santa Clarita Signal reported.

“There’s not even 1/10 hospitalization per 100,000 people for those vaccinated,” Ferrer said.

“It contributes to our confidence that the vaccines are working as intended here in LA County. And although people vaccinated are seeing an increase in new diagnoses of COVID, they primarily experience their infections not as serious illnesses to get them to the emergency room, but as bad colds, ”she continued.

The so-called breakthrough infections in those vaccinated come as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new recommendations for people in virus hotspots to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status .

Los Angeles County issued its own indoor mask mandate ahead of the agency’s recommendations to help deal with the rising number of cases, which was largely due to people not vaccinated against the virus .