82 percent of Delaware's new COVID hospitalizations not fully vaccinated

By Tim Mastro
Posted 11/13/21

DOVER — Eighty-two percent of Delaware’s new COVID-19 hospitalizations over a seven-day period were not fully vaccinated, according to recent data from the Delaware Division of Public …

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82 percent of Delaware's new COVID hospitalizations not fully vaccinated

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DOVER — Eighty-two percent of Delaware’s new COVID-19 hospitalizations over a seven-day period were not fully vaccinated, according to recent data from the Delaware Division of Public Health.

Of the 62 hospitalizations for the week of Nov. 1-7, 51 were unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. For the same time period, 1284 of 1724 (74%) of new positive cases were also not fully vaccinated, according to DPH statistics.

There have been 6,234 total breakthrough cases reported to DPH to date — 1.1% of fully vaccinated Delawareans. A breakthrough case is defined as “testing positive for COVID-19 after an individual has been fully vaccinated for two weeks or more, although it does not mean that the infection occurred after vaccination.”

There have been 114 breakthrough cases which resulted in hospitalizations while 87 ended in death. Of the 15 new COVID-19-related deaths for the week of Nov. 1-7, 11 were not fully vaccinated (73%).

DPH also announced it identified 189 additional cases of the delta variant through routine surveillance of test specimens — 120 sequenced at DPH’s lab and an additional 69 sequenced at an outside lab.

The state is still operating its four standing vaccination sites with extended hours until Friday, Nov. 19 to make vaccinations more convenient and accessible for working families — Blue Hen Corporate Center in Dover, Georgetown Plaza, Canby Park in Wilmington and University Plaza in Newark, will be open from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:15-6:30 p.m.

All four sites are offering the Pfizer vaccine approved for children between the ages of 5-11. Parents or guardians are encouraged to first contact their child’s pediatrician to see if they are administering the vaccine.

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