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20% increase in breakthrough cases

20% increase in breakthrough cases

Number rises to nearly 2,700 between Aug. 7 and Aug. 14

By Colin A. Young coronavirus, COVID-19 0 Comments Aug 17, 2021

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN THE WEEK between August 7 and August 14, almost 2,700 fully vaccinated people became infected with COVID-19 in Massachusetts, the Department of Public Health said Tuesday. There have been a cumulative 12,641 breakthrough infections reported out of 4,415,936 fully vaccinated people as of Aug. 14, DPH said Tuesday — meaning(...)

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