California and Bay Area health officials are tracking cases of people who have contracted COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated.
As of April 21, nearly 1,400 Californians have been identified since Jan. 1 as falling into this category, the state Department of Public Health says. That equates to just 0.01% of fully vaccinated people in California.
Health officials say breakthrough cases are fully expected because the vaccines don’t protect people 100%.
While the state Department of Public Health is not sharing details on how mild or serious these cases were, some Bay Area counties are.
Sonoma County has tracked 58 cases to date and said the majority resulted in mild to no symptoms, with no hospitalizations or deaths.
Contra Costa County has 140 cases, with four people hospitalized. One fully vaccinated person died, but they were already in hospice when they were vaccinated.