National Library of Medicine January 12, 2022 9:21 AM EST. Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New York City (New York), Rhode Island, Seattle/King County (Washington), Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. Other lineages prior to the Delta transition included Alpha (>50%), Gamma, Epsilon, Iota, Mu, and other lineages. Table 1. Users are referred to the electronic PDF version (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr) They were eight times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people without a booster. 113,254 hospitalizations with COVID-19 among . Johnson & Johnson, which partly tested its vaccine in South Africa when the beta variant emerged, reported an efficacy of 66% in preventing moderate to severe COVID-19 and an efficacy of 85% in preventing severe or critical COVID-19in its clinical trial. You will be subject to the destination website's privacy policy when you follow the link. This chart displays the 7-day trend in overall and Covid-19-specific hospitalization occupancy data to help understand changes in capacity and level of stress on hospitals, including: Beds occupied by Covid-19 patients (ICU and Inpatient), which appear in orange. Rates of COVID-19 cases were lowest among fully vaccinated persons with a booster dose, compared with fully vaccinated persons without a booster dose, and much lower than rates among unvaccinated persons during OctoberNovember (25.0, 87.7, and 347.8 per 100,000 population, respectively) and December 2021 (148.6, 254.8, and 725.6 per 100,000 population, respectively) (Table 2). Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Jennifer Kates Follow @jenkatesdc on Twitter National weighted estimates of the proportions of infections attributed to SARS-CoV-2 variants by week are based on whole-genome sequencing results submitted to or performed by CDC (https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions). Please choose whether or not you wish to save this view before you leave; or choose Cancel to return to the page. CDC data compiled from hospitals in 12 states shows that, in the week before Christmas, unvaccinated people ages 50 to 64 were 32 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people in the age range who got a booster shot. Among all COVID deaths in the weeks leading up through Aug. 30, just 97 were fully vaccinated people who contracted breakthrough cases of the coronavirus. Cookies used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on CDC.gov through third party social networking and other websites. Still, hospitalizations are up 90 percent since July 4, and more than 300 people are now hospitalized in New York City with Covid-19. Rates of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations by vaccination status. He said everyone should understand the overwhelming number of New Jersey residents contracting the virus, going to the hospital because of a COVID-related illness, or dying from complications of COVID continue to be folks who are either unvaccinated, or under-vaccinated. In fall 2021, about 3 in 10 adults dying of COVID-19 were vaccinated or boosted. Abbreviations: FDA = Food and Drug Administration; IRR=incidence rate ratio; NC=not calculated for the single reported week of deaths in December 2021. Why are these basic metrics being withheld from the American people? Kheriaty, published on Feb. 20 that reported the CDC had withheld critical data on boosters, hospitalizations and wastewater analyses. Share on Facebook. Disclaimer. Persichilli has said that the bulk of COVID patients in the state's hospitals about 70% are unvaccinated. Reed, Jasmine. Townhall weekly columnist. Preprint. The C.D.C. To assess the impact of full vaccination with additional and booster doses (booster doses), case and death rates and incidence rate ratios (IRRs) were estimated among unvaccinated and fully vaccinated adults by receipt of booster doses during pre-Delta (AprilMay 2021), Delta emergence (June 2021), Delta predominance (JulyNovember 2021), and Omicron emergence (December 2021) periods in the United States. IRRs were calculated by dividing incidence among unvaccinated persons by incidence among fully vaccinated persons (overall and by receipt of booster doses). Data from the Centers for . The study results suggest that clinicians and public health practitioners should continue to promote vaccination with all recommended doses for eligible persons. Drs Billing and Shiltz reported grants from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CTSTE) and the CDC Dr Schaffner reported grants from CDC during the conduct of the study as well as personal fees from VBI Vaccines outside the submitted work. The foundation hasno controlover FactCheck.orgs editorial decisions, and the views expressed in our articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundation. The CDC data show that about 95% of adults who died from COVID-19 in 2022 in these jurisdictions were over age 50, and about 8 in 10 were age 65 or older, underscoring the need for older adults to stay up-to-date on recommended booster shots. Anthes, Emily. On August 13, 2021, CDC recommended an additional Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna primary series dose for persons with moderately or severely immunocompromise. COVID-19 vaccines reduced risks for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19associated death during periods of Delta variant predominance and infection risk during Omicron variant emergence. The vaccines are not perfect, and the vast majority of vulnerable people have been vaccinated, so the small proportion who get seriously ill still amount to a lot of people. Among vaccinated people, cases were low and deaths . During AugustNovember 2021, CDC recommended additional primary COVID-19 vaccine doses among immunocompromised persons and booster doses among persons aged 18 years (5). Comparative admission rates and infection severity of COVID-19 among unvaccinated and vaccinated patients. Four analysis periods were designated based on the threshold week when the weighted proportions of lineages from whole-genome sequencing results submitted to or performed by CDC: pre-Delta (April 4May 29, 2021: 0.1%7% proportion range), Delta emergence (May 30July 3, 2021: 14%69%), Delta predominance (July 4November 27, 2021: 81%99%), and Omicron emergence (November 28December 25, 2021: 1%72%). The number of observations informing each CI reflects the number of weeks per period: AprilMay (7), June (5), JulyNovember (21), and December (4). During OctoberNovember, age-standardized IRRs for deaths among unvaccinated persons were 53.2 compared with those in fully vaccinated persons with a booster dose and 12.7 compared with persons without a booster dose; these results represented crude VE against death of 98% and 92%, respectively. The share of COVID-19 deaths among those who are vaccinated has risen. of pages found at these sites. Publishing to the public requires approval. Before SARS-CoV-2 RNA Levels in Wastewater in the United States. TheNovavax vaccine, which was authorized in July 2022, had a 90.4% efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in adults, prior to the emergence of the omicron variant. This is still a tiny fraction of the 168 million people who are vaccinated in the United . Amelia G. Johnson, DrPH1,*; Avnika B. Amin, PhD1,*; Akilah R. Ali, MPH1; Brooke Hoots, PhD1; Betsy L. Cadwell, PhD1; Shivani Arora, MPH2; Tigran Avoundjian, PhD3; Abiola O. Awofeso, DVM4; Jason Barnes, MBA5; Nagla S. Bayoumi, DrPH6; Katherine Busen, MPH7; Carolyn Chang, MPH8; Mike Cima, PhD9; Molly Crockett, MPH10; Alicia Cronquist, MPH11; Sherri Davidson, PhD12; Elizabeth Davis, MA13; Janelle Delgadillo5; Vajeera Dorabawila, PhD14; Cherie Drenzek, DVM15; Leah Eisenstein, MPH16; Hannah E. Fast, MPH17; Ashley Gent, MPH16; Julie Hand, MSPH18; Dina Hoefer, PhD14; Corinne Holtzman, MPH19; Amanda Jara, DVM15; Amanda Jones, MPH20; Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, PhD21; Sarah Kangas, MPH22; FNU Kanishka, MPH21; Ramandeep Kaur, PhD12; Saadiah Khan, MPH6; Justice King, MSc1; Samantha Kirkendall, MS23; Anna Klioueva, MPH24; Anna Kocharian, MS22; Frances Y. Kwon, MPH2; Jacqueline Logan, MPH25; B. Casey Lyons, MPH26; Shelby Lyons, MPH18; Andrea May, MPH27; Donald McCormick; MSHI9; Erica Mendoza, MAS24; Lauren Milroy, MPH28; Allison ODonnell, MPH10; Melissa Pike, MPH11; Sargis Pogosjans, MPH3; Amy Saupe, MPH19; Jessica Sell, MPH8; Elizabeth Smith, MPH15; Daniel M. Sosin, MD13; Emma Stanislawski, MPH13; Molly K. Steele, PhD1; Meagan Stephenson, MPH1; Allen Stout, MS7; Kyle Strand21; Buddhi P. Tilakaratne, PhD4; Kathryn Turner, PhD23; Hailey Vest, MPH28; Sydni Warner, MS22; Caleb Wiedeman, MPH25; Allison Zaldivar, MPH27; Benjamin J. During 2021, averaged weekly, age-standardized case IRRs among unvaccinated persons compared with fully vaccinated persons decreased from 13.9 pre-Delta to 8.7 as Delta emerged, and to 5.1 during the period of Delta predominance. Mbaeyi S, Oliver SE, Collins JP, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70(44):1545-1552. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7044e2 CDC and other researchers have shown that protection from COVID-19 vaccines can diminish, or wane, over time and booster doses are needed to maintain a robust immune response. In Texas, 99.5% of people who died from COVID from February through July 14 weren't vaccinated, per the Texas Tribune's reporting on preliminary data from the Texas Department of State Health . Rates of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by Vaccination Status. On August 13, 2021, CDC recommended an additional Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna primary series dose for persons moderately or severely immunocompromised (https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0813-additional-mRNA-mrna-dose.html). SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Hospitalization Among Adults Aged 18 Years, by Vaccination Status, Before and During SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Predominance - Los Angeles County, California, November 7, 2021-January 8, 2022. The data from this chart come from the CDC, which collects data on the number of deaths by vaccination status from 30 health departments (including states and cities) across the country. People who were partially vaccinated are not included in this data. In the example, we invented numbers to simplify . Weekly COVID-19 cases (April 4December 25, 2021) and associated deaths (April 4December 4, 2021) by vaccination status, including additional and booster doses starting October 3, were reported from 25 state and local health departments that routinely link case surveillance to vaccination data from immunization registries; 2- and 5-week reporting lag times for cases and deaths, respectively, allowed for more complete reporting, data linkage, and mortality ascertainment. Since the vaccine rollout began last December, less than one third of 1% of fully vaccinated Garden State residents have tested positive for COVID, and of the more than 5 million people fully vaccinated by the end of August, a total of 386 have been hospitalized. A previous New York Times story had reported that, when releasing data on COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and deaths among people who are vaccinated and unvaccinated, with or without boosters, on Feb. 3, the CDC had not included hospitalization numbers for adults 18 through 49 perhaps because the numbers were too small. The CDC published that data on Feb. 17.