An estimated 5,800 ‘breakthrough’ COVID-19 infections reported among 77 million people who are fully vaccinated

An estimated 5,800 people of the 77 million fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — about 0.0001% — have reported becoming sickened with the fast-spreading disease despite being inoculated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the figures on Thursday, vowing to keep “a close eye” on the so-called “breakthrough infections.” A spokesperson for the agency told NBC News that about 29% of the cases were asymptomatic while only about 7% resulted in hospitalizations, including 74 people who died. So far, slightly more than 40% of the breakthrough infections were in people 60 or older ...