Canadian study finds risk of hospitalization or death for Omicron infection is 65% less than Delta.
QUICK FACTS:
- The risk of ending up in intensive care or dying from the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, is 83% less compared to the Delta strain, according to a new study, reports The Daily Wire.
- The study also found the risk of hospitalization or death for an Omicron infection is 65% less than Delta.
- While the study’s authors did raise caution about “the absolute number of hospitalizations and impact on the healthcare system,” they nevertheless maintain that sickness “severity is likely to be reduced” with Omicron.
- “Nevertheless, Omicron appears to demonstrate lower disease severity for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals,” the researchers stated.
KEY STUDY QUOTE:
“The risk of hospitalization or death was 65% lower (hazard ratio, HR=0.35, 95%CI: 0.26, 0.46, Table 2) in Omicron compared to Delta cases (Figure 1), and the risk of ICU admission or death was 83% lower (HR=0.17, 95%CI: 0.08, 0.37),” stated researchers.
RESULTS ALIGN WITH FINDINGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA, SCOTLAND, & ENGLAND:
“Our results align with findings from South Africa, Scotland and England, all of which have demonstrated substantial decreases in risk of hospitalization associated with Omicron,” the researchers reported.
BACKGROUND:
- The Daily Wire notes that the Canadian study “mirrors findings from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),” adding that the “rate of hospitalizations of Americans with COVID-19 has dropped 50% amid the new Omicron variant compared to record highs seen a year ago, new CDC data shows.”
- The news or also pointed out how “just 3% of people with the virus are being admitted in hospitals, data from the CDC shows.”
