91% of NC COVID deaths in 2021 were among those not fully vaccinated
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday told WRAL Data Trackers that more than 90 percent of people who died of COVID-19 deaths in the state this year were not fully vaccinated.
Posted — UpdatedThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday told WRAL Data Trackers that more than 90 percent of people who died of COVID-19 deaths in the state this year were not fully vaccinated.
Put another way, 9 percent of those who died of COVID in the state since Jan. 1 were fully vaccinated, so-called breakthrough cases.
In all, 11,066 people have died of COVID in North Carolina in 2021. Since the pandemic began, more than 19,000 have died in the state. Of that number, 993 came in people who had been fully vaccinated, DHHS data shows.
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