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CDC reports 74 % (age 65 or older) of 8,054 patients with COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infection

August 22, 2021 by KFFB 106.1 FM

As of August 9, 2021, more than 166 million people in the United States had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

During the same time, CDC received reports from 49 U.S. states and territories of 8,054 patients with COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infection who were hospitalized or died.

Hospitalized or fatal vaccine breakthrough cases reported to CDC	8,054
Female	3,856	(48%)
People aged ≥65 years	5,928	(74%)
Asymptomatic infections	1,400	(17%)
Hospitalizations*	7,608	(94%)
Deaths†	1,587	(20%)

*1,883 (25%) of 7,608 hospitalizations reported as asymptomatic or not related to COVID-19.
†341 (21%) of 1,587 fatal cases reported as asymptomatic or not related to COVID-19.