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.
Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 appears in 3,826 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 147 reports also mentioned death and 1,020 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 30.5%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, COVID-19 (Bivalent), Flu (Quadrivalent). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 has been reported 3,826 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 147 were associated with death (3.84%) and 1,020 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 is 30.5%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.