Breakthrough COVID cases rising, 95% or more mild, doctors say
Lynley Matthews prepares to administer a vaccination on Feb. 21, 2021, at Southwest Tennessee Community College - Whitehaven Center. COVID-19 cases of people that have been vaccinated - breakthrough cases - are on the rise. (Daily Memphian file)
In Shelby County, about one in five (23%) or 1,185 of the daily cases reported in the last month have been breakthrough cases.
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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