The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified around 5,800 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among people who were fully vaccinated, multiple outlets report. Of the cases — which the CDC refers to as “breakthrough infections” — 396 developed severe COVID-19 illness that required hospitalization and 74 died from the virus, the CDC told CNN, adding that, “To date, no unexpected patterns have been identified in case demographics or vaccine characteristics.” “Vaccine breakthrough infections were reported among all people of all ages eligible for vaccination. However, a little over 40 percent of the infections were in people 60 or more years of age,” the CDC added, per CNN. To read the full story.