CLEVELAND, Ohio – Of the nearly 400,000 Ohio coronavirus cases reported since vaccination began in mid-December, 34 involved people who were vaccinated before they were infected, the Ohio Department of Health said on Friday.
Among those 34 cases, five resulted in hospitalization and there were no deaths, the health department said in response to a request earlier in the week from cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
It is not clear, however, when these people became infected after being vaccinated and how many of the cases involved people who received all the necessary vaccines.
To date, at least 3.1 million vaccinations have been initiated in Ohio, with nearly 1.8 million people receiving all necessary doses.
Ohio’s first vaccines were administered on December 14.
“COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective when it comes to preventing severe COVID-19 hospitalization and death,” said a spokeswoman in an email providing the details.
“However, as we heard when these vaccines received FDA authorization, their efficacy rates vary, as do their efficacy studies. There is a small chance with each vaccine, as well as with the flu vaccine, that even though you are vaccinated, you can still get COVID-19. When this happens, because of the protection you have with the vaccine, the case tends to be milder ”.
Local health departments are reporting “all cases where someone who was subsequently vaccinated gets COVID-19 to the Ohio Department of Health”. The samples are provided to the health department’s laboratory for “viral sequencing,” the state said.
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