Breakthrough COVID-19 cases rare, CDC data indicate

Published July 26, 2021 4:07pm ET



Breakthrough infections of COVID-19 are quite rare, according to unpublished data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There have been about 153,000 symptomatic breakthrough cases in the United States, according to a CDC document acquired by ABC News. The numbers include only adults and do not account for asymptomatic cases. That represents about 0.1% of the nearly 155 million adults who have been fully vaccinated.

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