The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) has reported a confirmed case of COVID-19. After the full dose of vaccination There were 2,111 breakthrough cases as of Aug. 12, up from 1,540 the previous week.
The report stated that That figure represents 29.8 cases of every 100,000 people who have completed the full dose of the vaccine. As of August 12, the total number of people who received full doses of the vaccine stood at 7,080,356.
People are usually immune to the virus two weeks after the full dose of vaccination, so a breakthrough case is defined as someone who has been infected with COVID-19. Even after 2 weeks of complete vaccination doses have passed.
By separating the virus strains, it was found that in the number of new infections There have been 363 cases of delta strains, 25 alpha strains, one beta strain and one gamma strain.
In addition, 19 infected people were found to have severe symptoms. and found 2 deaths from infection after full dose of vaccination
The KDCA states that infection in such cases can occur. and added that The benefits of vaccination are still large. This is because vaccination reduces the rate of serious morbidity and mortality.
South Korea said that in the past 24 hours There were 1,373 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 226,854 and above 1,000 for the 42nd day in a row.
By InfoQuest News Agency (17 Aug. 64)
