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42% of Illinois COVID-19 deaths last week were fully vaccinated people
by Jakob EmersonMonday, November 1st 2021
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — Data from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) shows 42% of all COVID-19 deaths from Oct. 20 to Oct. 27, 2021, in Illinois were among fully vaccinated people..
A total of 215 people died from COVID-19 during that time frame, and 91 were fully vaccinated against the virus.
“It’s bothersome of course,” said Springfield Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Donald Graham. "First of all, we don’t want to see any deaths, secondly, we’d like to be able to completely rely on the vaccine."
Graham says that the important thing to remember is that the vast majority of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in Illinois are still among the unvaccinated.
A breakthrough case is defined by IDPH as “an individual who tests positive for COVID-19 at least 14 days after being fully vaccinated and did not test positive in the previous 45 days.”
Out of the 25,834 Illinoisans that have died from COVID-19 to date, only 818 were fully vaccinated. That equates to 3.2% of all COVID-19 deaths.
Out of the 818 deaths of fully vaccinated Illinoisans, 87% were 65 and older.
That number, 818, is 0.011% of the fully vaccinated population in Illinois, which stands at 7,640,122 people...
42% of Illinois COVID-19 deaths last week were fully vaccinated people
by Jakob EmersonMonday, November 1st 2021
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — Data from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) shows 42% of all COVID-19 deaths from Oct. 20 to Oct. 27, 2021, in Illinois were among fully vaccinated people..
A total of 215 people died from COVID-19 during that time frame, and 91 were fully vaccinated against the virus.
“It’s bothersome of course,” said Springfield Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Donald Graham. "First of all, we don’t want to see any deaths, secondly, we’d like to be able to completely rely on the vaccine."
Graham says that the important thing to remember is that the vast majority of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in Illinois are still among the unvaccinated.
A breakthrough case is defined by IDPH as “an individual who tests positive for COVID-19 at least 14 days after being fully vaccinated and did not test positive in the previous 45 days.”
Out of the 25,834 Illinoisans that have died from COVID-19 to date, only 818 were fully vaccinated. That equates to 3.2% of all COVID-19 deaths.
Out of the 818 deaths of fully vaccinated Illinoisans, 87% were 65 and older.
That number, 818, is 0.011% of the fully vaccinated population in Illinois, which stands at 7,640,122 people...