Erratum: Vol. 72, No. 42

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The report, “Use of Updated COVID-19 Vaccines 2023–2024 Formula for Persons Aged ≥6 Months: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, September 2023,” contained several errors.

On page 1141, the last sentence of the first complete paragraph should have read, “During January 1–July 22, 2023, a total of 28,128 persons, including 26 aged <1 year, 18 aged 1–4 years, 36 aged 5–19 years, 451 aged 20–44 years, 2,821 aged 45–64 years, and 24,776 aged ≥65 years, died from COVID-19, as evidenced by COVID-19 being listed as the underlying cause of death on the death certificate.

On page 1142, the second sentence of the second complete paragraph should have read, “During September 2022–August 2023, VE against hospitalization among adults aged ≥65 years without an immunocompromising condition waned from 67% (95% CI = 62%–71%) at 7–59 days postvaccination to 28% (95% CI = 18%–36%) at 120–179 days (13).” In addition, the fifth sentence of the second complete paragraph should have read, “VE against emergency department and urgent care visits among persons aged 5–17, 18–64, and ≥65 years ranged from 59%–63% by age group 7–59 days after a bivalent dose, waning to 36%–47% by age group 60–119 days after a bivalent dose (13).”


Suggested citation for this article: Erratum: Vol. 72, No. 42. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:1335. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7249a6.