So are there really no vaccinated people dying?

Southern Nevada reports 225 breakthrough hospitalizations and 49 breakthrough deaths. link to pdf

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Breakthrough cases are U.S. residents with a SARS-CoV2 RNA or antigen detected on respiratory specimen collected greater than or equal to 14 days after completing the primary series of an FDA authorized COVID-19 vaccine (i.e., complete vaccination). Complete vaccination is two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one dose of the Johnson and Johnson (Janssen) vaccine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated guidance on reporting of breakthrough infections to only report those that have been hospitalized and contacted by public health and an interview is performed or are a recorded COVID-19 death. Due the small number of associated deaths, further breakdowns are not provided at this time to protect privacy and confidentiality. Data is considered preliminary and subject to change.

As of today, Southern Nevada Health District is reporting a total of 225 breakthrough hospitalizations and 49 breakthrough deaths (37 of them were hospitalized) in Clark county, Nevada.

So Clark county is Las Vegas and the country has a population of almost 2 million people. I am not quite sure what time period this is representing as they apparently have not always kept this particular statistic. Clark county overall has had approximately 5000 deaths overall, although it would look as if 70% or more of those deaths would have occurred before anyone was fully vaccinate. That leaves that county with approximately 1500 deaths since people would have started to become fully vaccinated. Moreover, the percentage of unvaccinated would have remained quite high for the bulk of this. 

So these breakthrough deaths would (at the very least) account for no less than 3% of the overall deaths in play since the vaccine became available. But if this statistic has only been kept for a few weeks (as it is being suggested) then these deaths could account for closer to 10% to 20% of the overall deaths in Clark county. An analysis from Red State is suggesting that these 49 deaths are a representation of very recent data (although I don't see where they got that) and they are suggesting breakthrough deaths are over 50% of all of the deaths in Southern Nevada during this recent time period. 

Regardless of whether it is 10%, 20%, or even 50%  this would be way, way, way out of line with what we have been told. Because it is being implied that almost nobody who is vaccinated is getting sick enough to go to the hospital, much less have to worry about dying. But perhaps we are being told this little white lie for our own good.