Fully Vaccinated New Orleans Woman Dies of COVID Aged 33 in Rare Breakthrough Case - Newsweek

A 33-year-old woman who was fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has died from the virus in a rare "breakthrough" case.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that fully vaccinated people are "much less likely" to be infected with COVID-19, but that a "small percentage of people" will still contract the virus.

had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and the CDC had received reports of 5,914 vaccine breakthrough cases.

Of those, 1,141 fully vaccinated people had died from COVID-19, and of 5,601 had been hospitalized.

For any vaccine, there are breakthrough cases," the CDC says.

The public health agency says it is working with state and local health departments to investigate COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases, but says it has yet to identify any unusual patterns.

The Mosley family has urged people to continue wearing face masks and getting vaccinated, and Tara Mosley has also recommended living a healthy lifestyle.