The proportion of those hospitalized in the second week of the spread of the omicron strain in South Africa, where the strain was first identified, was 91% lower compared to the second week of the third wave of COVID-19, when the delta strain was spreading. This was stated by South African Health Minister Joe Paahla at an online press conference on Friday. Now the proportion of hospitalized patients of all COVID-19 cases is 1.7%, and in the second week of the third wave – 19%. At the same time, the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 is significantly higher than in the same week of the third wave – about 20 thousand people a day against 4.4 thousand then.
These data support the suggestion made by the World Health Organization last week that the omicron strain may be more infectious than the delta strain, but that it is less severe in most cases.
In Russia, according to the latest data, 25 infected with the omicron strain have been identified.
About the spread of the strain around the world – in the material “Kommersant FM” “” Omicron went to all the hard. “
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