Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are among unvaccinated people, according to government data analyzed by the Associated Press.

“Breakthrough” infections, or COVID cases in those fully vaccinated, accounted for 1,200 of more than 853,000 hospitalizations in the U.S., making it 0.1% of hospitalizations. Data also showed that 150 of more than 18,000 COVID-19 related deaths were fully vaccinated people, which means they accounted for 0.8% of deaths.

Although the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention only gathers data on breakthrough infections from 45 states that are reporting such cases, it demonstrates how effective the vaccine is at preventing deaths and hospitalizations due to COVID-19.

Preside Joe Biden set a goal to have 70% of U.S. adults vaccinated with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Fourth of July. Currently, 63% of vaccine-eligible individuals, those 12 years or older, have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 53% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. 

In a White House briefing on Tuesday, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the vaccines are “nearly 100% effective against severe disease and death.

“Nearly every death, especially among adults, due to COVID-19, is, at this point, entirely preventable,” she continued.

Also in the news:

►Missouri has the nation’s highest rate of new COVID-19 infections, largely due to a combination of the fast-spreading delta variant and stubborn resistance among many people to getting vaccinated.  

►Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day – now down to under 300 – could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.

►The Biden administration extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a monthto help tenants who are unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic, but said this is expected to be the last time it does so.

►Coronavirus infections continue to soar in Russia, with the authorities reporting 20,182 new cases on Thursday and 568 further deaths. Both tallies are the highest since late January.

►San Francisco is requiring all city workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once the FDA gives it full approval. It is the first city and county in California, and possibly the United States, to mandate vaccinations for city workers.

►The U.S. will send three million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine Thursday to Brazil, which just crossed 500,000 deaths this week, according to the White House.

►Israel’s government postponed the planned reopening of the country to vaccinated tourists over concerns about the spread of the delta variant. Israel was set to reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors on July 1.

►A COVID-19 cluster, believed to be the delta variant, has been identified in a Reno, Nevada, school district, including a kindergarten. 

►Just over half of Idaho adults have now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine — about two months after the 50% mark was reached nationwide.

►First lady Jill Biden arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, Tuesday on her latest stop in a vaccine advocacy tour, but only a few dozen vaccine recipients received the jab at the pop-up clinic she attended.