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US CDC: 5,800 COVID Infections In Fully Vaccinated People

by Colleen Fleiss on Apr 17 2021 10:33 PM

In America, about 5,800 people who have been administered COVID-19 vaccines have been infected by the virus, reported the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

US CDC: 5,800 COVID Infections In Fully Vaccinated People
In America, about 5,800 people who have been administered COVID-19 vaccines have been infected by the virus, reported the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
So far, about 5,800 "breakthrough" cases have been reported to the CDC, Xinhua news agency quoted the agency as saying on Thursday.

Vaccine breakthrough infections make up a small percentage of people who are fully vaccinated, less than 1 percent, according to the CDC.

Among the 5,800 "breakthrough" cases, some became seriously ill and 74 people died, it said.

Meanwhile, 396 cases, 7% of those who got infected after they were vaccinated, required hospitalization.

Source-IANS


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