Omicron hospitalisation risk around one-third of Delta, UK analysis shows

ReutersPublished: Jan 1, 2022 8:21 AM

The risk of hospitalisation with the Omicron variant of coronavirus is about one-third that of the Delta variant, according to British analysis of more than a million cases of both types in recent weeks.

Britain is experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases driven by the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, with record daily infections of 189,846 reported on Friday.

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