Graph Compares MN COVID-19 Death Rates Based On Vaccine Status

ACROSS MINNESOTA — The COVID-19 vaccines continue to show effectiveness against the virus in Minnesota, even as cases surge across the state. "Breakthrough" cases of COVID-19 that lead to hospilizations or death continue to be extremely rare.

A breakthrough case is when someone tests positive for the virus after being fully vaccinated. People who contracted COVID-19 before being vaccinated are not included in the number of breakthrough cases.

"COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases are identified by actively matching Minnesota case records with Minnesota vaccination records," the Minnesota Department of Health states.

Minnesota vaccine stats

• Over 59 percent of Minnesota has completed their vaccine series.
• A total of 63.3 percent of the state has received at least one dose of the vaccine.
• Nearly 37 percent of the state remains completely unvaccinated

Someone is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their final shot in the vaccine series.

Here's a chart showing the death rates between people who are fully vaccinated vs. those who are not fully vaccinated:

Breakthrough cases

Out of the Minnesotans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, 64,844 people — or 2.015 percent— have contracted the virus, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Hospitalization

A total of fully 2,956 fully vaccinated Minnesotans — or 0.092 percent of the fully vaccinated population — have been hospitalized after getting the virus.

Deaths

A total of 483 fully vaccinated Minnesotans have died as a result of complications from COVID-19, according to health officials.

"Vaccination can make illness less severe in people who get vaccinated but still get sick," the Minnesota Department of Health states.

"Fully vaccinated people are also much less likely to be hospitalized or die than people with similar risk factors who are not vaccinated."

Read the latest COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough report here.