The Latest Data, Details On Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases In CT

CONNECTICUT — The Connecticut Department of Public Health is reporting that as of Wednesday, 7,121 breakthrough cases of COVID-19 in the state have been identified.

A breakthrough case is one contracted by someone who has completed their vaccine series.

Of the more than 2.2 million people in Connecticut who have completed their vaccine series, less than 0.32 percent have contracted the virus, up a scant 0.04 percent from last week's report.

Fifty-three coronavirus-related deaths have occurred among the 7,121 fully vaccinated persons confirmed with COVID-19. These deaths represent 5.8 percent of all COVID-19 deaths since Feb. 9, according to a DPH report. Over 71 percent of the fatalities have been among patients 75 years of age and older.

Nationwide, as of Aug. 23, 2,063 fully vaccinated people have died as a result of the virus, and 87 percent of them have been age 65 or older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The charts above and below also shows the "relative risk," or the difference in risk when comparing rates between vaccinated and unvaccinated persons.

Although coronavirus deaths in Connecticut have declined markedly since February, it is important to note that death — and hospitalization — rates have consistently been higher among unvaccinated persons compared to fully vaccinated persons.

According to DPH, unvaccinated residents have a 5-times higher risk of being infected with, and dying from, COVID-19, compared to people vaccinated against the virus. Their risk of hospitalization is 16 time greater.

As of Aug. 26, the COVID-19 death toll in Connecticut was 8,355. There were 25 coronavirus-associated fatalities reported in the past week.

The number of COVID-19 patients in facilities throughout the state reported on Friday was 378, up 32 beds from the previous weekend.

The daily coronavirus positivity rate has averaged 3.50 percent for the past two weeks. On Friday, DPH reported it as 3.44 percent, on the basis of 788 new confirmed COVID-19 cases out of 22,892 tests.

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