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The Latest Data, Details On Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases In NJ
Nationwide, 2,063 fully vaccinated COVID-19 patients have still been hospitalized or have died. Here are New Jersey's numbers.
NEW JERSEY — The New Jersey Department of Public Health reported Monday that 12,242 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 5 million people in New Jersey who have completed their vaccine series, less than 0.24 percent have contracted the virus.
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Sixty-eight coronavirus-related deaths have occurred among the 12,242 fully vaccinated persons confirmed with COVID-19, representing .0001 percent. 307 COVID-related hospitalizations have happened in that time frame, representing .006 percent.
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.
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When discussing the numbers on Monday Governor Phil Murphy noted as he has many times in the last few months that New Jersey has a pandemic only among the unvaccinated.
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