LANCASTER, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s report on post-vaccination cases COVID-19, commonly known as “advanced cases,” shows that the vast majority of cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state are among the unvaccinated, according to a news release. release from the state Department of Health.
“With nearly seven million Pennsylvanians fully vaccinated, the data makes it clear: vaccines are safe and effective in preventing serious COVID-19 disease,” Health Secretary Alison Beam said Tuesday at a news conference. in the suburbs of Penn Medicine General Lancaster Hospital. Pavilion.
“The vast majority of COVID-19-related cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in Pennsylvania occurred in people who were not vaccinated,” he said. “In fact, the data show that, compared to unvaccinated people, fully vaccinated Pennsylvania people are seven times less likely to get COVID-19 and eight times less likely to die from COVID-19.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines post-vaccination cases as people who are fully vaccinated and have tested positive for COVID-19 more than 14 days after completing the full series of single or single vaccinations. They are also known as vaccine advancement cases.
Tuesday’s online report shows that since January 2021:
97 percent of COVID-19-related deaths were in unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated individuals. Among the total of 6,472 COVID-19-related deaths identified in Pennsylvania in 2021, the latest data show 213, or three percent of post-vaccination deaths identified, according to the state Department of Health.
The incidence of cumulative mortality among unvaccinated and not fully vaccinated was 7.9 times higher than the incidence of mortality among fully vaccinated, according to the state health department.
According to the state health department press release, 95% of hospitalizations with COVID-19 as the primary diagnosis / cause of admission were in unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated individuals.
Among a total of 34,468 hospitalizations with COVID-19 as the primary diagnosis / cause of admission reported in Pennsylvania, 1,820 were reported to occur in fully vaccinated individuals. These figures represent data from 55 percent of all hospitals and 69 percent of acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania, which account for approximately 80 percent of acute beds in the state.
According to the State Department of Health, 94 percent of reported COVID-19 cases were in unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated individuals. Among a total of 639,729 positive cases, there were 35,389, or six percent, identified post-vaccination cases. The cumulative incidence of cases among unvaccinated and not fully vaccinated was 7.1 times higher than the incidence of cases among fully vaccinated.
“While masking and social distancing will help reduce the risk of becoming infected and transmitting COVID-19, vaccines are the most effective way to protect vulnerable people, including immunocompromised people, and our children who they are too young to get the vaccine, ”said Dr. Michael Ripchinski, clinical director of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, General Hospital.
“These data are further proof that vaccines are our best tool to protect us from the virus, keep our children learning in schools, keep our staff in person, and foster social and economic recovery,” Beam said. . “All the people who choose to vaccinate us are taking us one step further than going through the pandemic.”