Breakthrough cases confirmed in less than 1% of fully-vaccinated Meck County residents

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CHARLOTTE — County officials said Friday that between March 22 and July 27, there have been 376 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in fully vaccinated residents, which is less than 1% of fully vaccinated residents.

The county added that the number did not represent all breakthrough cases though, as they are based on self-reporting during case investigations following COVID-19 diagnosis.

An average of 11% of those tested this week were infected with the virus, according to the data.

During the past week, the county has reported an average of 288 lab-confirmed cases per day, which is up from the 14-day average of 231 cases each day.

The county said that during the past week, 127 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 infections, which is an increase over the past 14 days.

The most new cases reported in the past two weeks were in north Charlotte, in the 28216 and 28269 ZIP codes.

>> Take a closer look at the data here.

The new data was released one day after Gov. Roy Cooper recommended -- but did not mandate -- masks for people who are vaccinated and are in areas of high and substantial community spread.

Cooper said the state will be focusing its efforts in the fight against COVID-19 on getting more people vaccinated. According to state health officials, 80% of North Carolina counties have a high rate of COVID-19 spread.

“Until more people get the vaccine, we will continue living with the very real threat of serious disease, and we will continue to see more dangerous and contagious variants like delta,” Cooper said.

As of Friday morning, there had been a total of 118,983 cases of COVID-19 with 998 deaths reported among Mecklenburg County residents since the start of the pandemic.

As of July 28, 52% of the population in Mecklenburg County has been partially vaccinated against COVID-19, with 48% fully vaccinated.

NC sees new COVID-19 cases above 3,000 for 2nd day in a row

Health officials reported 3,199 new COVID-18 cases in North Carolina on Friday.

This is the second day the state has reported new cases over 3,000,after the state saw 3,268 on Thursday, which was the first day above 3,000 cases since late February.

The percent positive rate remains at 9.5%.

Officials also reported that 1,168 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The number has been steadily increasing since just after the July 4th weekend.

OPTIMIST HALL TO HOST COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINIC FRIDAY

Optimist Hall will host a COVID-19 clinic on Friday to offer mass vaccinations to the public. Any North Carolina resident age 12 or older is eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, and residents age 18 and up are eligible for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Walk-ups are welcome.

The vaccines offered will be Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. Patients can receive either the first or the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, or the single dose of Johnson & Johnson.

WHEN: Friday, July 30th from 4:00-6:00pm

WHERE: 1115 North Brevard Street, Charlotte

Vaccines will be given in the open space next to Mezeh.

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