According to data from different health departments, despite being fully vaccinated against the virus, more than 1,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in multiple states.
In Augusta, Georgia, health officials recorded 743 breakthrough infections between January 1 and August 17. These figures account for 3.97% of the total number of 18,697 COVID-19 cases in the state. Ministry of Public Health.
In neighboring South Carolina, state officials Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Since the beginning of the pandemic, 406 breakthrough infections have been reported. However, if the patient is hospitalized or dies, the health agency only records COVID-19 cases for people who are fully vaccinated.
According to the New York Times, South Carolina has so far reported 695,489 COVID-19 infections.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data on COVID-19 deaths and illnesses on Tuesday, showing an increase in confirmed coronavirus infections among individuals who have been fully vaccinated with the virus.
In Los Angeles County alone, from May to July 25, approximately 25% of the 43,000 infections reported in the state occurred in fully vaccinated individuals. At least 3% occurred in partially vaccinated individuals, and 71.4% occurred in unvaccinated individuals.
Despite the number Breakthrough case, Only 0.05% were sent to the intensive care unit, and only 0.25% were placed on a ventilator.
In contrast, 1.5% of unvaccinated patients were admitted to the intensive care unit, and 0.5% of patients required mechanical ventilators. Reuters.
Dr. Rodger MacArthur, an infectious disease physician at the Medical College of Georgia, said that breakthrough cases are expected, and pointed out that none of the currently available vaccines are 100% effective in preventing infection, hospitalization and death.
“We will have some breakthrough cases. Some of these cases will require hospitalization. You can get it. Currently, it is impossible to predict who will be infected in the vaccinated population, who will become breakthrough cases, and which breakthrough cases will be Lead to hospitalization,” MacArthur said. WJBF.
He also added that a person’s health status will affect the severity of their breakthrough infection.
“The biggest comorbidity, or disease that puts an individual at the highest risk, especially in the under-60 age group throughout Georgia, is obesity,” he said. “We have seen this in children and adults. If a person has any comorbidities, they really need to be vaccinated.”
Since the two vaccines were first authorized among health care workers, first responders, and other frontline workers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been checking the actual performance of the two vaccines.
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