COVID-19: Brand-New Data On Number Of Breakthrough Cases Among Fully Vaccinated Released By CDC

White Plains Daily Voice ^ | May 1, 2021 | Joe Lombardi

[Cathi]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just released brand-new data on the percentage of people who have become infected with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.

In those totals, released on Friday, April 30, more than 95 million Americans were fully vaccinated as of Monday, April 26. Of those nearly 100 million fully vaccinated people, only 9,245 became infected with so-called vaccine breakthrough cases. That's an efficacy rate of 99.999.

A total of 5,827 (63 percent) of the cases were women, and 4,245 (45 percent) were adults age 60 and over.

"It is important to note that reported vaccine breakthrough cases will represent an undercount," the CDC said in a statement after the newest results were released. "This surveillance system is passive and relies on voluntary reporting from state health departments which may not be complete.

"Also, not all real-world breakthrough cases will be identified because of lack of testing. This is particularly true in instances of asymptomatic or mild illness. These surveillance data are a snapshot and help identify patterns and look for signals among vaccine breakthrough cases."

The CDC said it will now be releasing data on the number of breakthrough cases on a weekly basis.

[DrewsMum]

Wonder why they don’t mention how hospitalization rates have doubled since Fall.

They are at an all time high.

[Cathi]

“What they aren’t revealing is that the breakthrough cases are more likely to be hospitalized.”
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Yes, while this last report didn’t give the breakdown the earlier report from April 15th did.

“...roughly 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus have subsequently contracted the virus, with about 396—or 7%—requiring hospitalization and 74 people passing away. About 29% of the infections were asymptomatic.”

....”the agency noted that while breakthrough cases “were reported among all people of all ages eligible for vaccination,” a “little over 40% of the infections were in people 60 or more years of age.”