There are 3 article(s) tagged breakthrough cases:

• September 2021

  • Strickland sniffling, but expects quick return to office

    The mayor is among 23% of Memphians who got COVID despite being vaccinated. About 77% of the city’s coronavirus patients are unvaccinated; 94% who are hospitalized are unvaccinated, and 99% of fatalities are unvaccinated, said Dr. Richard Walker, interim head of emergency medicine at UTHSC.

    By Jane Roberts September 17, 2021

• August 2021

  • Breakthrough COVID cases rising, 95% or more mild, doctors say

    In Shelby County, about one in five (23%) or 1,185 of the daily cases reported in the last month have been breakthrough cases. 

    By Jane Roberts August 29, 2021

• July 2021

  • COVID hospitalizations rising

    People with compromised immune systems should talk to their doctor about a third dose, Dr. Manoj Jain says.

    By Jane Roberts July 08, 2021