An increasing number of COVID-19 deaths are occurring among individuals in the United States who have been vaccinated, according to federal data.
In August of 2021, roughly 18.9 percent of COVID-19 deaths happened among individuals who were vaccinated, an ABC News analysis of the data shows. Six months later in February 2022, that figure had risen to over 40 percent as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant made its way across the globe.
