Anonymous ID: b8c16d Nov. 17, 2021, 8:23 a.m. No.15019914   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9927 >>9933

50% of new MA COVID cases last week were fully vaccinated

 

BOSTON —

Massachusetts public health officials reported 5,313 new COVID-19 breakthrough cases in fully vaccinated individuals in the past week, data from the state's Department of Public Health shows.

A breakthrough case is when an individual tests positive for COVID-19 after they've been fully vaccinated against the disease.

The mark is the highest one-week total reported since the state began releasing breakthrough data in early July.

The 5,313 new breakthrough cases were reported to the DPH between Nov. 6 and Nov. 13.

During the same seven-day period, the state reported there were at least 10,889 new COVID-19 cases among the state's whole population.

 

The number of COVID-19 patients currently in the hospital stands at 599 as of Monday.

The state said 230 current hospitalizations involve people with breakthrough COVID-19 cases.

 

https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-breakthrough-covid-19-cases-november-16-2021/38271776#