Hospitalized or fatal COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases reported to CDC as of August 2, 2021
As of August 2, 2021, more than 164 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 7,525 patients with COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infection who were hospitalized or died.
| Hospitalizations* | 7,101 | |
| Deaths† | 1,507 |
COVID-19 vaccines are effective
- Vaccine breakthrough cases occur in only a small percentage of vaccinated people. To date, no unexpected patterns have been identified in the case demographics or vaccine characteristics among people with reported vaccine breakthrough infections.
- COVID-19 vaccines are effective. CDC recommends that everyone 12 years of age and older get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they can.
- People who have been fully vaccinated can resume activities that they did prior to the pandemic.
