Housing and Development Newsletter “Breakthrough cases,” which refer to fully vaccinated people who have been infected by the virus, are now happening with the Delta variant, said Public Health Officer Dr. Henning Ansorg. “Fortunately, vaccinated persons do not get more serious disease and do not require hospitalization. Whereas virtually every hospitalized person with COVID is unvaccinated and most of them state they regret not getting vaccinated and urge their families and friends to do so as soon as possible.” Santa Barbara County novel coronavirus and COVID-19 information as of July 16. (Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Community Data Dashboard photo)