Almost all COVID-19 deaths in US are now amongst unvaccinated

 Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a astounding demonstration of how tremendous the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be virtually zero if everyone eligible received the vaccine.

An Associated Press evaluation of available government data from May indicates that “breakthrough” infections in wholly vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of more than 853,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. That’s about 0.1%.

And solely about a hundred and fifty of the more than 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May were in thoroughly vaccinated people. That translates to about 0.8%, or 5 deaths per day on average.

The AP analyzed figures provided via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC itself has not estimated what percentage of hospitalizations and deaths are in fully vaccinated people, citing boundaries in the data.

Among them: Only about forty five states report breakthrough infections, and some are more aggressive than others in searching for such cases. So the data probable understates such infections, CDC officials said.

Still, the universal vogue that emerges from the data echoes what many health care authorities are seeing around the country and what pinnacle experts are saying.

Earlier this month, Andy Slavitt, a former adviser to the Biden administration on COVID-19, counseled that 98% to 99% of the Americans dying of the coronavirus are unvaccinated.

Among them: Only about forty five states report breakthrough infections, and some are more aggressive than others in looking for such cases. So the data probable understates such infections, CDC officials said.

Still, the overall vogue that emerges from the data echoes what many fitness care authorities are seeing round the country and what top specialists are saying.

Earlier this month, Andy Slavitt, a former adviser to the Biden administration on COVID-19, cautioned that 98% to 99% of the Americans dying of the coronavirus are unvaccinated.