Category: B.1.617
California: 112,000 vaccine breakthrough cases, 3,000 hospitalized, 306 deaths
The latest vaccine breakthrough figures for California make sobering reading, showing the extent of the vaccine breakthrough crisis now engulfing the state. More...
BMJ: Allowing mass infection of children is reckless
“Children have suffered significant harms from Covid-19. In just the past two months there have been over 2,300 hospitalisations of under 18s in England. More...
Scotland: 70% of Covid deaths and 58% of hospitalizations are fully vaccinated
Grim news from Scotland where fresh Covid outbreaks are causing record infection numbers and vaccine breakthrough cases are now in the majority for both Covid hospitalizations and deaths. More...
USA: 53% vaccine breakthrough in Teton County, Wyoming
In the last two weeks (August 15-29), 372 confirmed active COVID-19 cases were reported in Teton County. More...
USA: 40% vaccine breakthrough in Massachusetts last week
Breakthrough infections accounted for about 40% of all cases reported in Massachusetts last week. More...
UK: Vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections is 23% in Technical Briefing 22
The latest UK PHE Technical Briefing 22 has just been published, and it shows that the vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections in the UK continues to increase. More...
UK: The Alpha variant rears its ugly head again
A big surprise in the latest UK sequencing figures show that the Alpha variant has made something of a comeback this week. More...
Vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State to 1st September 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 1st September 2021. More...
Symptomatic Delta Covid infection rate far higher in fully vaccinated healthcare workers
“..our data suggest that vaccine effectiveness against any symptomatic disease is considerably lower against the delta variant and may wane over time since vaccination.” More...
Minnesota: 30% vaccine breakthrough in August 2021
“Nearly 30% of coronavirus infections in the first four weeks of August have involved people who were fully vaccinated, according to Minnesota breakthrough COVID-19 data released Monday. More...