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Though extraordinarily rare, we now have a better idea of how many so-called breakthrough COVID-19 cases have been reported in Los Angeles County.
Note: A breakthrough case is when a fully vaccinated person becomes infected with COVID-19.
More than 3.3 million people in L.A. County are considered fully vaccinated. Since vaccinations began in December, the county has record just 933 breakthrough cases. Among those, 71 people were hospitalized, and 12 died. A graphic not to scale illustrates so-called breakthrough cases in fully vaccinated people.
(Courtesy L.A. County Public Health)
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By Emily Guerin and Jackie Fortiér
In California, anyone over 65 years old can now receive a coronavirus vaccine. But L.A. County has far from enough doses for everyone who is eligible. That s because the county prioritizes those people getting second doses, so fewer people are receiving their first-round injection.
But scheduling a second dose has also proven to be complicated.
THE MATH BEHIND THE DOSES
L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday that her department needs four million doses to vaccinate every resident currently eligible. Instead, the county has received less than 900,000 so far. This is what I mean by a serious supply problem, Ferrer told reporters. We just are not receiving enough vaccine doses to move as quickly as we, and you, would like us to.