BATON ROUGE – As of Friday, April 2, 126 people were classified in Louisiana who had an “advanced” vaccine in the COVID case, which tested positive for coronavirus after full vaccination.
About half of the advanced cases were found during routine screening and patients were asymptomatic at the time of the test, health officials said Friday.
A person is completely vaccinated 14 days after receiving the second of two doses or the only single vaccine.
The 126 cases of people who have contracted COVID even after being completely vaccinated are a small fraction of the number of people who have completed the series of vaccines. According to the latest data, 782,189, people have been completely vaccinated in Louisiana. The 126 people represent 0.02%.
“Please note that these vaccines are highly effective (95% for Pfizer, 94% for Modern and 73% for Johnson & Johnson) and all three are 100% effective in preventing serious illness, hospitalizations and deaths. “said state health officials.
“These [breakthrough] cases are extremely rare, “state health officials added.
Data were not immediately obtained Friday related to specific information about the vaccines the 126 received, their age, or which areas of the state recorded the most advanced cases.
“COVID vaccines are safe and effective and, during clinical trials, positive COVID cases were identified after a person was vaccinated in a small number of vaccinations. Trials of all three vaccines were shown to be 100% effective. to prevent hospitalization and death. “State health officials added.
However, the health department quantified: “No vaccine is 100% effective in 100% of circumstances and that is why building protective immunity for the herd through an expanded community vaccine remains a goal in Louisiana and across the country. That is also why we continue to insist that until we reach the herd immunity with a mask and social distancing are fundamental tools to protect yourself and your loved ones against COVID. “
The state released the number of so-called innovation cases on Friday, more than a week after the WBRZ Research Unit first requested data from the Department of Health.
“Even with these highly effective vaccines, it is still important to practice common sense protection measures until we reach the herd’s immunity. This includes wearing masks, washing hands, distancing oneself socially and staying in home when you are sick.Masks are especially important because of the COVID variants circulating in the United States and Louisiana, “LDH said in a statement earlier to WBRZ.
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