0.4 Percent Of Vaccinated Minnesotans Have Gotten COVID: MDH

ACROSS MINNESOTA — There have been 12,559 confirmed "COVID-19 vaccine breakthough" cases in Minnesota, according to numbers released by the state's Department of Health Monday.

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.

Total breakthrough cases

The number of total breakthrough cases so far is 12,559 — .415 percent of the 3,028,670 Minnesotans who are fully vaccinated — officials said. In other words, over 99.5 percent of fully vaccinated Minnesotans have not tested positive for COVID-19.

Hospitalization

A total of 810 fully vaccinated residents — or .027 percent of the fully vaccinated population — have been hospitalized with COVID.

Deaths

A total of 80 fully vaccinated residents — or 0.002 percent of the fully vaccinated population — have died of complications from the virus, according to state health officials.

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