Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.
SARS-CoV-2 test positive appears in 62,568 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 5,842 reports also mentioned death and 29,105 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 55.9%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID19, COVID19-2, FLU4. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
SARS-CoV-2 test positive has been reported 62,568 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 5,842 were associated with death (9.34%) and 29,105 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning SARS-CoV-2 test positive is 55.9%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.