COVID-19 Related Deaths Decreased Last Week

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported as of April 22, 2021, one in three people (26.9%) in the USA over the age of 18 years are fully vaccinated.

Furthermore, some fully vaccinated people against COVID-19 may still get sick because no vaccine is 100% effective, says the CDC.

Last week, CDC released data on the number of “breakthrough” infections of people who, despite being vaccinated, still tested positive for COVID-19 more than 14 days after getting their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

However, as of last week, fewer than 6,000 breakthrough infections were reported, representing less than 1% of people who have been fully vaccinated. Of these, approximately 30% had no symptoms at all.

And a new visualization has been added to the Pregnant Women tab that displays cases among pregnant people by week.

The CDC also confirmed the 7-day average of daily new deaths (691) decreased 3.7% compared with the prior 7-day average. The highest peak in the 7-day average of new COVID-19 related deaths was January 13, 2021.