The CDC stopped tracking all breakthrough cases in May as the delta variant started spreading throughout the U.S.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 14: A medical assistant administers a COVID-19 test to a person at Sameday Testing on July 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. COVID-19 cases are on the rise in most states as the highly transmissible Delta variant has become the dominant strain in the United States. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
July 31, 2021- 10:02 a.m.
Bloomberg has gathered data from 35 states since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stopped tracking all breakthrough cases and found that more than 111,000 breakthrough cases have occurred in those states within the past two months.
The CDC only began tracking breakthrough cases that have resulted in a person’s hospitalization or death, which is a small percentage compared to the number of breakthrough cases that have occurred.
There are more than 164 million Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The CDC gave a statement to Bloomberg saying it has still tracked breakthrough coronavirus cases despite officially stopping the count of all cases in May.
The fear of breakthrough cases and the ability of vaccinated people to spread the virus has caused the CDC to ask fully vaccinated individuals to wear masks in areas with high transmission rates of the virus.
States have continued tracking breakthrough cases, making it possible to have an estimate of all the breakthrough cases that have occurred.
