By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Pennsylvania health officials say that there have been 331 so-called breakthrough cases of Covid-19, cases in which the patient tests positive for the coronavirus even after being vaccinated against the virus.
State Health Department spokeswoman Maggi Barton said the state has reported the 331 cases to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
She said the 331 tested positive for the virus more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated.
Though complete data from all states is not available, Pennsylvania's appears to be among the highest if not the highest in the country. Michigan has reported 246 cases, while South Carolina has reported 155 and Washington 102.
"Breakthrough cases are normal with any vaccine," Barton wrote in an email response to questions.
Nationally the CDC reported there have been some 5,800 breakthrough cases out of 66,000 who have been vaccinated.
The CDC reported that 7 percent or 396 of the breakthrough patients had to be hospitalized and one percent or 74 died.
In Pennsylvania 6,736,568 residents have been vaccinated against the coronavirus., according to the Health Department.
"We know that the more people are vaccinated, and the fewer chances for exposure and infection there are, the less likely we are to see breakthrough cases," Barton said.
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